Job hunting in the software industry

" entry level job"
Great for me,a teenager/minor trying to get their first job
" at least 2 years of retail experience required "
...

this is to deter anyone that isn't serious, best to sell your good points then to give up at the first hurdle

Because fuck you that's why.

If you see this in a job posting, report it to the admins for the site. Most have rules against that sort of thing, some will even call it fraud.

I feel that for something like this, as long as you have great references, experience in that field, and an awesome resume, you should be fine. And if you don't succeed, you probably dodged a bullet, because I would imagine that a company that would pull this BS would be hell to work for.

It's so foreign companies can claim no qualified U.S. workers are available. The companies then fill the positions with low pay slave labor from their country. It's pretty common in the tech industry.

Because they are uneducated