Thats definitely possible that a lot of dev jobs were just surface level and I would argue that if 90% of the feature dev is halted tmrw, you wouldn't even noti

Thats definitely possible that a lot of dev jobs were just surface level and I would argue that if 90% of the feature dev is halted tmrw, you wouldn't even notice it for atleast couple years. This is why IBM and Oracle can still coast without having any new ideas. Lets even imagine 50% of the devs were never good enough, but that would still be less fluff any other field except labor. It always feels like we get held accountable for every little lapse, but higher up PMs, execs never get any consequences for their actions. They could run the company to the ground and still get promoted. If the top is incompetent, you cant really expect the bottom to be carrying all the weight.