[bjornlouser]

"Almost nobody seems to hire for potential these days!"

What is the average length of employment for mid to senior level developers these days? A few years? If it takes ~3 months to go from zero to competent with a new tech stack then that's ~15 weeks out of ~150 weeks -> 10%

Too simple a metric to capture the various qualities of a candidate that would compensate for the delay in significant contributions, but not completely irrational given the supply of qualified applicants.