Nothing like the emotional appeal of invoking Godwin, but here we go. Wernher von Braun was a literal Nazi of the brutal kind, but when you are in a race to dev

Nothing like the emotional appeal of invoking Godwin, but here we go. Wernher von Braun was a literal Nazi of the brutal kind, but when you are in a race to develop ICBMs, things like "culture fit" are suddenly irreverent. There is no shortage of labor in the market, and I would say that has been the case for the past 10 years and it has been progressively accumulating a glut. I can ask a senior programmer to complete a multi hour at home task after a brief call, and they will expect nothing in return. When I DJed at strip clubs, I would be payed to try out. Both have similar situations of a position staying open for months on end, large pools of people applying, and the need for selecting a candidate based on skill. The difference is incentive from the other DJs to fill in a Tuesday shift is way higher than a team to sign off on a DevOps engineer. Other people just aren't directly impacted by your marginal value and the selection process is going be for other qualities that are. As for the company's perspective, these engineers still cumulatively provide tremendous value and everything is stilling humming along more or less fine.