I remember only 12 or so years ago, there wasn't really such a thing as a hiring manager, or recruiter. Now there seems to be several layers of gatekeeping, an

I remember only 12 or so years ago, there wasn't really such a thing as a hiring manager, or recruiter. Now there seems to be several layers of gatekeeping, an industry built up around hiring, with it a stream of "shit" jobs like "talent managers" and so this kind of shitty bureaucracy you described.