Recruiting is pretty easy. 1) pay more, and 2) be capable of recognizing good talent. (Which requires being good yourself.) Unfortunately, the tech industry fai

Recruiting is pretty easy. 1) pay more, and 2) be capable of recognizing good talent. (Which requires being good yourself.) Unfortunately, the tech industry fails brutally on both counts. Due to a combination of business guys suppressing wages, techies lacking courage to get better wages, and techies lacking confidence in their own abilities, hence their ability to discriminate correctly when hiring. This leads to the hoop jumping exercises that are common in tech interviews.