Part of the problem is the interview process. So so so many "senior engineers" get hired because they can traverse trees with their eyes closed but when it com

Part of the problem is the interview process. So so so many "senior engineers" get hired because they can traverse trees with their eyes closed but when it comes to writing solid designs and the desire to dig deep, they fall short. There was a time when senior engineers could wrench open a compiler to figure things out. Now, these guys are useless without some rockstars maintaining the underlying infra.