Hiring software engineers is like dating. If you find a suitable mate, maybe you don't commit too early because you think that there might be something better

Hiring software engineers is like dating. If you find a suitable mate, maybe you don't commit too early because you think that there might be something better out there. Or, you monkey-branch to a better one. (How often do you have an amazing couple of rounds of technical interviews, only to be ghosted? For me: Too many times to count.) I find the same is true when hiring software engineers. The vast majority of "above average" developers around me in my career are wildly over-qualified for their CRUD work.