What’s funny to me is the best programmers I’ve ever met usually are the ones that are open to hiring programmers based more on attitude than on how many gatekeeping technical hoops someone jumps through during the interview. What we actually have is a toxic culture born from myths about FAANG hiring practices and the misleading legend of the 10x programmer and the maniacally narcissistic Joel Spolsky advising tight suit involuntary neophytes from Silicon Valley.