To extrapolate on this the skillset to identify "highly competent programmers" AND populate your organization with them exclusively either does not exist or at

To extrapolate on this the skillset to identify "highly competent programmers" AND populate your organization with them exclusively either does not exist or at least is unreliable enough that it can never be assumed as a permanent state of your organization: as proven by all long-term software projects and the organizations that created them.