Why would employers want php coders with experience with asp?

[ryy705]

Hello,

 

I just checked out a bunch of online php job offers on dice and monster.  To my surprise, a lot of employers want coders with asp experience(along with php of course, thats what I was searching for).  Why on earth is that?  Aren't asp and php disjoint technologies?  I would have understood if they want a php coder with some perl experience.

 

Are they just trying to kill two birds with one stone by finding a guy who can work on both linux and micro$oft servers?  Or is there something I don't about asp and php?  Are php and asp somehow connected in the work field?

 

Please do not turn this into a asp vs. php thread.  That is NOT what I am asking for.  I just want to why an employer would want a php coder with asp experience.

 

[.josh]

Maybe they are looking for someone to port code over from one to another? Or maybe like usual the people who type up the job description don't really know wtf they are talking about so they just throw in as many big words as possible?

[tibberous]

I think CV nailed it - a lot of times they just list a bunch of stuff.

 

I know when I had to hire someone, the more stuff they had listen the more I questioned whether they knew anything at all. Not sure how many of these I knew away:

 

Experience:

Rite Aid Cashier / Computers

 

Skills:

PHP

Cold Fusion

ASP

ASP.net

VB

C++

Java

Javascript

HTML

Flash

Flex

Photoshop

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