The tech industry has unfortunately adopted the methodology of centralized hackable tests I think the opposite is the case. Every industry has some sort of tes

The tech industry has unfortunately adopted the methodology of centralized hackable tests I think the opposite is the case. Every industry has some sort of test to get into it. But the other industries are the most centralized and hackable ones. The tech industry is doing the best job of any of the top industries of having an application process that is open to skilled people who don't match the "centralized" standard. Your grades in college, the experience on your resume, those are "centralized" tests. You have one resume and you send it out to everyone. When companies give programming tests to applicants, each company is free to measure the applicants' skill in any way they see fit. One might ask math puzzle questions, but another company might give take-home Rails projects. And companies are free to just do a "soft" interview and look at your resume if they want. Facebook hires far more software engineers with no software engineering education than Chevron hires chemical engineers with no chemical engineering education. Plus, starting a company is open to anyone with a credit card to open an AWS account. No interview required. Just make something people want.