Programmers? Yes. Software Engineers? No. People that can pass irrelevant whiteboard questions? No. People that can actually create usable scalable software? Y

Programmers? Yes. Software Engineers? No. People that can pass irrelevant whiteboard questions? No. People that can actually create usable scalable software? Yes. While advances in technology have reduced the barrier for many people to advance up the programmer path, the need for people that actually understand the problems has not diminished. Too many fresh grads and bootcamp kiddies are in the marketplace right now, this floods us with lots of inexperienced folks. Senior people, especially those with experience in scaling problems, are still very hard to find.