"How can a job be entry level if you're expected to already have up to half a decade's experience?" As always with language, it's good to not attempt to squeeze ones' own guesses into what a loose label may mean. It's perfectly possible that they are looking for both senior people (demonstrating high art skills as well as…
Not really just programmers but, "Can you check X in for 5 mins?". Because it seems everyone in the world has a skewed opinion of what 5 mins is including myself. My 5 mins is actually about 20 mins.