I feel this industry has attracted a lot of run-of-the-mill folks whose primary motivation is to get a high paying job at any cost. They're willing to memorize

I feel this industry has attracted a lot of run-of-the-mill folks whose primary motivation is to get a high paying job at any cost. They're willing to memorize 500+ LeetCode problems in the hope that in one out of 100 interviews their stars will align and they'll be asked questions which they've seen before. More often than not, such folks tend to be crappy engineers and crappier interviewers. Supply is outstripping demand by quite a lot even though the supply is low quality.