HR departments seem to have no awareness of the value of autodidacts. They make a laundry list of experiences that aren't core relevant.
Of course you are having trouble finding someone with 5 years experience in cloud computing, 2 years in the insurance industry, 2 years managing a team, and 3 years of Oracle 11G release 2 development experience. Good luck matching those and having the character trait of honesty.
If they ask for a shorter list, they can offer less money.
Same problem is repeated across many professional technical fields.
Many companies also put IT and engineering folks on the same raise structure good years and bad of maybe 2-5%. The market value of each of the first 8 years of experience is closer to 10-20%. In IT the actual business value of a great developer over a beginning or mediocre developer is closer to 10 times (Steve Jobs was quoted as saying 40 times.)
