Interesting that despite very young founding staff, plenty of people fresh out of universities and Wenfeng's explicit claim that "experience doesn't matter, foundational ability does", DeepSeek's actual job postings demand WAY MORE experience than eg Moonshot. What gives?
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6. Chinese AI technical jobs need fewer years of prior experience than US ones. In our data, US jobs needed 5.5 years compared to 1.6 years among Chinese jobs.
This might be due to institutional differences, e.g., the Chinese government campaigns to recruit from universities.
11:50 AM · Jun 25, 2026 · 2.8K Views
