It really is just this. And “fast” is mostly a function of “willing to work 10+ hours a day”. My manager once told me we were going to turn down a very capabl

It really is just this. And “fast” is mostly a function of “willing to work 10+ hours a day”. My manager once told me we were going to turn down a very capable software engineer candidate because he was older and probably just going to try to pivot into a management role. I was disgusted but didn’t speak up. Frankly, I do see a certain form of nepotism at play in some places as well. Let’s just say we don’t have the most diverse tech workforce.