Well, not to put words in your mouth, but maybe to put words in my bosses mouth, you can say that, “if you were smart, you’d be able to program in a distraction

Well, not to put words in your mouth, but maybe to put words in my bosses mouth, you can say that, “if you were smart, you’d be able to program in a distraction-filled environment, and you can’t (at least not as effectively as otherwise), therefore you must be stupid”. I get that sentiment, and hey, maybe I am just stupid. But I also have an MSCS and a high GPA and two and a half decades of experience. That doesn’t make me smart by any means, but any form of filtering you’re doing on job candidates is one I’m going to pass with flying colors - so you had better be prepared to end up hiring an army of people about as stupid as me.