# Now Hiring: Entry-Level Software Engineer (10+ Years Experience Required)

**[SATIRE]** — by The Satire Desk · inspired by a viral 'Entry level btw' meme

**Vantablack Systems, Inc. — Careers**

**Entry-Level Software Engineer (Remote)**

We are a fast-moving, disruptive, pre-revenue startup seeking a self-starting Entry-Level Software Engineer. Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:

- 10+ years of professional experience in a technology that shipped four years ago
- Mastery of all 798 listed skills, including three we invented while writing this ad
- A PhD, two master's degrees, and the emotional flexibility to be told you are simultaneously overqualified and underqualified
- Entry-level salary expectations, but senior-level ownership. You will function as the entire engineering department
- 5+ years of experience with a framework whose creator has eighteen months of experience with it

**What we offer:**
- The opportunity to compete against 1,000+ applicants for a role that may already be filled internally
- A hiring process best summarised as “we'll get back to you”
- Equity — a substantial quantity, denominated in a currency that does not yet exist

To apply, submit a resume, a cover letter, a portfolio, a ninety-second video explaining your greatest weakness, and your earliest available start date. Shortlisted candidates will be ghosted in the order their applications were received.

*Source: [Inspired by r/Meme · 'Entry level btw'](https://gagbase.com/memes/entry-level-job-market-crush-meme/)*

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