> There is just such a disconnect with reality here I am having a hard time thinking the author has done any actual technical recruiting. Agreed. Not to mentio

> There is just such a disconnect with reality here I am having a hard time thinking the author has done any actual technical recruiting. Agreed. Not to mention that the author leans very heavily on the notion of "great engineers" as if that describes even a small fraction of candidates. In hundreds of technical interviews across a decade of interviewing in multiple industries, I can count on one hand the number of actually great engineers I've encountered. 99% of everyone who calls themselves a senior software engineer is mediocre at best. I'd rather hire someone who can do the specific work I need them to do who isn't otherwise very good at engineering, because that means I can fill the role after two interviews instead of twenty.