In general, I think the quality is your average developer has gone down significantly in the last 5-10 years. The market wanted a lot more developers and there

In general, I think the quality is your average developer has gone down significantly in the last 5-10 years. The market wanted a lot more developers and there weren't enough immigrants to fill those positions, so tons of companies lowered the bar for entry. Your average dev these days is just so much worse which leads to a lot of the observations you have.