Companies expect the good developers to come out of the woodwork for a 35-40k junior dev position and wonder why they come up with dregs It's not that they exp

Companies expect the good developers to come out of the woodwork for a 35-40k junior dev position and wonder why they come up with dregs It's not that they expect good devs at that price, it's that they can't tell who the good devs are. For grads, all they have to go off of are grades and maybe an intership. Otherwise, it's just a resume. Without an effective way to recognize good devs and with no portfolios, it's just a crapshoot. It's the same information asymmetry that makes it hard to buy a good used car. As pg (?) said, the only way to recognize a good dev is to work with them for a while, and most companies and job seekers are unwilling to do that.