I think it depends on where you live. Here in the Bay Area I am assuming we have the fiercest competition of all. Companies here have their pick of thousands o

I think it depends on where you live. Here in the Bay Area I am assuming we have the fiercest competition of all. Companies here have their pick of thousands of H1B students with masters degrees who have optimized for leetcode interviews and are highly motivated to do whatever it takes to stay in this country and bring their family over. Companies no longer want people who loved programming for the joy of it and the art of it.