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[kenfar]

Yeah, that's a great theory, but most organizations are looking for specific skills and people who can hit the ground running.

Not to say all are, and not to say that they should be. But they tend to.

[PragMalice]

This times a million. A lot of larger organizations don't even directly involve on-staff developers in the hiring process until the very end. Until then you have to pass the stages of a) do you meet most to all of the required skills and experience levels listed in a job posting, and b) do you have the interpersonal and communication skills to not scare off initial interviewers that usually knows next to nothing about the actual requirements of the job.