I think that's more true in the negative sense. It's not that it attracts the "right" people, it's that it repels the "wrong" people. There plenty of clever e

I think that's more true in the negative sense. It's not that it attracts the "right" people, it's that it repels the "wrong" people. There plenty of clever efficient devs working in Java or JS but they're surrounded by a sea of mediocrity. And since the interview process is imprecise the point of being broken, it's very useful to attract the right people in the first place.