Hiring Is Broken?
This article appears to be an extremely long-winded way of stating that you don't have to pick from the top-end.<p>Which is true. Companies know this.<p>Most of the stuff I read here is basically made up of people who aren't quite the best moaning that they couldn't get a job at Google or whatever. Life goes on. It is impractical and not a good thing for every software developer, even the very good ones, to pile into the same companies.<p>Not everything is set up as a perfect procedure for you.<p>And even if it was - OK, so you get the job and the Stanford grad doesn't. You swap places. Does that make a better world?<p>I encourage new developers reading these sort of posts to just ignore the fluff and plug on. You'll get there.<p>And if not? In five years you might want something else entirely.<p>I wanted desperately to work at an investment bank as a new grad.<p>I'm very happy with the path my life has taken instead.