anecdote: after 10y as a software engineer I came back to the academy to accomplish a PhD. Recently, I applied to a research intern position at Facebook and got the response:
"we only get people with less than 6 years experience for this position"
(My inside referrer got the response, as a job applicant I got not reponse)
"we only get people with less than 6 years experience for this position"
(My inside referrer got the response, as a job applicant I got not reponse)