This is kind of like the Google/Python effect. Early in Google's hiring, they heavily selected for Python, which was a relatively new language at the time. It'

This is kind of like the Google/Python effect. Early in Google's hiring, they heavily selected for Python, which was a relatively new language at the time. It's debatable if there was something technically unique or strong about Python at the time. But many of the people who knew it at the time also happened to be programming enthusiasts, Google's right kind of crowd. It's similar how ingredient X isn't as important as X's relationship to the status quo. Almost... hipster hiring in a way. Oh no!