I was with you until the end. > Instead of counteracting this tendency in some way most Silicon Valley companies actually amplify the problem by running puzzle

I was with you until the end. > Instead of counteracting this tendency in some way most Silicon Valley companies actually amplify the problem by running puzzle interviews and structuring their work around glorified paperclip maximization. This is why so many systems we have to use today are extremely complex, highly optimized for some specific criteria, but ultimately designed like shit. That's quite a jump. There are multitudes of interacting systems that cause complexity in software, from time constraints, to company structure, to incorrectly mapping the domain, to sometimes incompetency. Companies that don't hire and reward the behavior you outline have just as complex systems. Maybe there's something else there?