He is talking about senior developers. A "new" one will have to build good credentials over the years with different companies before being able to pull a contr

He is talking about senior developers. A "new" one will have to build good credentials over the years with different companies before being able to pull a contract without doing a single formal interview. I can confirm that this is also possible without having any blog or whatever, there are enough companies who don't play the FAANG HR game.