The high-achieving SF market may be more likely to select against it. IME it's much more common in 3rd-tier/mid-market tech companies, or even higher-profile c

The high-achieving SF market may be more likely to select against it. IME it's much more common in 3rd-tier/mid-market tech companies, or even higher-profile companies where tech isn't the primary operating vertical, and locale != Bay Area. Companies that can't compete on engineering culture or compensation are naturally going to attract less talented engineers, and there will be a wider variance of skill across the engineering org as a whole.