> The most robust, relevant and profitable companies out there basically say, 'F* trends, show us your worth in salt'. It took me few tries to understand this,

> The most robust, relevant and profitable companies out there basically say, 'F* trends, show us your worth in salt'. It took me few tries to understand this, after reading about F*: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15582969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15582969 I think you're mostly right, though. I think the article is probably right that companies who _say_ "we only hire the best" don't necessarily even hire good programmers. I don't think the companies you mentioned really care if they have the best, especially since that's pretty hard to measure anyway. They want people that are going to do great job in the area they were hired to work in.