I have interviewed hundreds and hired dozens of software developers over the years. It’s always been a challenge to find qualified candidates and I’ve never had

I have interviewed hundreds and hired dozens of software developers over the years. It’s always been a challenge to find qualified candidates and I’ve never had a situation where there were 5 similarly qualified programmers, much less thousands. I think there may be some positions where there lots of people equally skilled, but not aware of any in tech. Perhaps there are thousands in the entire world, but not that apply to my positions. I think this is a good argument for trying to get more and better applications. But it confuses me to think that of the applicants I get, I can assume many are equally skilled.