Yeah, that was the only one I immediately questioned. Many companies that I&#x27;ve worked for as a contractor were permanently looking for developers, and I was their more-expensive plan B.<p>The problem was that they either just didn&#x27;t get enough applicants, or the ones who did apply proved incompetent right away.<p>In one company they were so desperate that they blindly hired someone who appeared to have a pretty decent track record. After two full weeks of him not asking any questions and producing code that seemed &#x27;off&#x27;, I got suspicious. Under the pretense of needing some help with a trivial bug, I sat down next to him and observed, in total shock, that he didn&#x27;t know even the most basic keyboard shortcuts like copy and paste or alt-tab. I&#x27;m not sure how he managed to write any code at all and suspect he outsourced it...<p>Of course, the <i>real</i> problem is that these companies are not willing to pay competitive salaries...