The author is making a lot of statements without any evidence.  For example:<p>&gt; Unsurprisingly, this has spawned an arms race where companies like Facebook and Google keep swapping engineers like they’re pawns in chess. It’s also closed the doors for talented people who need an opportunity to develop and demonstrate their skills.<p>The &quot;closed the doors&quot; point links to the anti-poaching agreement that stopped 5 years ago and Facebook wasn&#x27;t even involved in.<p>My experience at Google was also exactly the opposite of what he is saying.  I was hired as a new-grad who knew very little and was extensively trained via my more experienced coworkers and a bunch of classes that Google has explicitly set up to train new engineers.<p>Not to say that Google doesn&#x27;t have its faults, but to argue that &quot;even the large prestigious tech companies don&#x27;t train their employees&quot; is just not correct.