> I'm not arguing that React shops should hire people who suck at React. I guess I misinterpreted that you were a proponent of training people. Yes, if you wa

> I'm not arguing that React shops should hire people who suck at React. I guess I misinterpreted that you were a proponent of training people. Yes, if you want to exclusively hire people who are already good at React then of course work samples are an effective technique. I personally think the majority of good hires are not already familiar with my particular stack. > Set the bar where you need it to be, but make the bar about ability and aptitude, not about people talking their way through an interview. I think you might have misinterpreted my position as well. When I ask people to talk their way through their existing projects, it means they literally bring some code with them and we spend the interview working through it and them teaching me about the decisions they made in building it. You should try it some time.