Hiring is broken for non-FAANG companies, which is rest of the software world. Excellent developers do end up at FAANG due to the competitive nature of the ent

Hiring is broken for non-FAANG companies, which is rest of the software world. Excellent developers do end up at FAANG due to the competitive nature of the entrance exams. However FAANG are just 5 of the millions of other companies, and not all of the rest can use FAANG techniques to hire the developers. None of these companies offer the money, prestige, and perks that FAANG offer so they should not be cargo-culting their hiring practices.