Adding to this, the people doing the hiring at this level aren’t designers. They are almost universally deliverable oriented. In school, we all made our own models and to a degree did simple graphics as a part of the curriculum.
The people doing the hiring now see designers as a deliverable source only and really don’t have nearly the appreciation of the subtleties and logic that goes behind a product. Now you’ll see job requirements that include CS6, Auto CAD, Catia, ProE, all manner of rendering and animation programs, product packaging and provide “help” on advertising digital 2D sketching, physical modelmaking and the list goes on.
ID may not have done itself a favor by being all things to all people and jacks of all trades and masters of none.