Most applicants are below average quality. This is because the good applicants get a job quickly while the bad ones go on to apply for many many more jobs. Ad

Most applicants are below average quality. This is because the good applicants get a job quickly while the bad ones go on to apply for many many more jobs. Add in the increasing number of people with no passion for programming who studied it simply because they thought is was an easy well paying job, and you have people that apply for programming jobs that lack basic capabilities.