What kind of experience is meant when specifying the requirements for a candidate for the position of a developer?

Question

Career in IT

For example, they write "experience with such and such technologies for 5+ years." Do you have 5+ years of experience working in an office (official employment) or in general (for example, freelancing or something else) with these technologies (for example, with C ++)?
I ask in order to understand, will my experience begin to accumulate upon graduation from the university (which I will finish at 27-28 years old) and official employment, or can I accumulate this experience during my studies?

Answer 1

This does not mean the length of service as the number of days from the moment the crust was received, but the actual accumulated practical experience and knowledge.

Answer 2

like freelancing or something else

This does not mean official employment, but real commercial projects. Freelance completely. But pet projects and contributions to open source can only be additional advantages in the selection for the first interview and a topic of conversation at a technical interview, but they are of no interest to anyone in and of themselves.

my experience will begin to accumulate after graduation

The secret of success is to start working from the second year. So the educational material is better absorbed, and the seniority for graduation allows you not to walk around the labor market with an outstretched hand.

Answer 3

It depends on which developer will come out after university :)
If you write in Delphi or even worse in Pascal, then you’re on your way to the factory or to Machdonald’s))
In general, depending on which company, they can state that a middle and a senior are required, but in fact in fact, they also take junior, sometimes even very green

Answer 4

Experience is what you can offer an employer right now: your own "baggage" of knowledge.
By experience: take the average. The amount of knowledge can drastically differ for different candidates in any direction. It all depends on the specific conditions of training, the quality of training and learning abilities.
The beginning of gaining experience is the moment when you begin to apply your knowledge for the first time to gain profit (profit, status, etc.). In other words, "give away the product" of their knowledge.
How and where exactly you accumulated / accumulated your personal experience is another question. Perhaps they will ask for proofs or give tests to make sure that your feedback on the vacancy is true.