Placement is a huge problem. Recruiters clearly aren't the answer. Six stage tech interviews are also not the answer. I know hires that I have passed on for ma

Placement is a huge problem. Recruiters clearly aren't the answer. Six stage tech interviews are also not the answer. I know hires that I have passed on for major red flags who have went on the Meta/Amazon/Apple. I've also had the pleasure to work with phenomenal new grads who should have been at Meta/Amazon/Apple, but for whatever reason struggled to even be interviewed. Statistically, it's likely pretty rare to be working in a job that closely meets your competency and drive. It's much more likely that you are above/below your preference, which in my experience causes anxiety - when you are outclassed, but also especially when you are the lone "rockstar ninja" on a team. Solving placement is a problem that the industry isn't interested in solving. Why do I say that? The value in solving placement is worth billions of dollars, and yet nothing really seems to have changed in the last 20 years. If anything, hiring is far more complex/expensive, but the quality of placement is no higher than it was in the early 2000s.