[PragmaticPulp]

> you could probably safely assume that most companies were running open ended hiring pipelines for developers

If you're only talking about the biggest software companies, that might be true. It's definitely not true for the long tail of smaller companies.

> Unfortunately as long as offer expiration is being used as the lever, you can't entirely separate the pressure from the need to fill the position.

Two weeks is already a generous amount of time to wait for a candidate to make up their mind. If someone needs extra time, the hiring company is almost always happy to regenerate a new offer letter if they haven't already filled the position.

Companies obviously aren't going to reject otherwise qualified candidates simply because an arbitrary date has passed.

However, it's not reasonable to expect a company, or multiple companies, to reserve a spot for someone indefinitely while they decide which company to join. The show must go on.