Totally agree. I hadn't seen this article until now, and I'm thankful for it because I think this is a message that needs repeating from many points of view. Engineering hiring is a farce through much of the industry.

I've written two articles along these same lines:

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_7973484

https://acjay.com/2019/05/16/hiring-developers-is-easy/