Wanted 15 year old with 30 years "extensive" experience with SharePoint 2007 !

Some days I think things are really going crazy. SharePoint 2007 was released on the 30th November 2007. Sure there was lots of interaction with betas, however the fact remains that the production release is 14 months old.

So why do I feel that a lot the job adverts that are running seem to be asking fo a 15 year old with 30 years experience in SharePoint!

Generally these adds are wanting "extensive experience" I am beginning to wonder what the word "extensive" is supposed to mean, especially to the people who are writing these adds?

Does it mean that if you have run "setup.exe" you have extensive installation experience, or if you have looked at the Admin console you now have extensive admin experience. Or if you have dabbled with ASP.NET and webparts that you have extensive development experience?

Now don't get me wrong there are a people out there with extensive experience, but these are generally not the norm.

People with "extensive expereince" will have worked with SPS2003 and beeen through the transition pain to 2007. They will have been through the alpha, beta, TAP's and then the RTM migrations. They understand the WSS 3.0 and SPS 2007 API's and some.

They will have been through the SP1 and the infrastructure upgrades and will probably have written books and been on the speaking circuit. They build add on products to enhance SPS 2007 for breakfast and then re design the product over lunch.

For the rest, well we are all doing well and getting up to speed becoming comfortable with the product and learning that there are areas that need some extensions to really get things moving.

But I forgot O14 is on the way, so I better get off now and get "extensive" in advance.