&quot;every interviewer complaining that no applicant can do it&quot;<p>I&#x27;ve noticed a correlation between that and insanely low pay or horrific working conditions, or a crazy disconnect between demands and the requirements.<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t understand why none of the applicants can explain the details of why one BGP route is preferred over the other&quot; -- says the guy trying to hire a CCIE for $50K at a dying utility company.<p>&quot;Well, sure we pivot every month and require 80 hour super high pressure work weeks and the runway ends in six months but aren&#x27;t all companies, everywhere, on a perpetual death march?&quot; -- says the guy who doesn&#x27;t get any fizzbuzz-able applicants<p>&quot;I can&#x27;t find any applicants with PHD level programming skills and encyclopedic knowledge of algorithms who have written a widely used LISP and&#x2F;or hold a Fields math medal and&#x2F;or a Nobel&quot; -- says the guy complaining about getting no serious applicants when trying to hire for an entry level CRUD shoveler, upon being told everyone&#x27;s unemployed so he should aim high.