In the 1980s, when I was starting out, we tended to hire talent not skill sets. Today hiring managers tend to focus on specific skills, often learned haphazar

In the 1980s, when I was starting out, we tended to hire talent not skill sets. Today hiring managers tend to focus on specific skills, often learned haphazardly or only well enough to pass a certification exam. Memory and jargon trumps technology understanding. Project costs and overall quality have both been negatively impacted.