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As someone looking for a job, can corroborate. I can't tell you how many listings I see are for positions at recruiting firms. What kind of recruiting firm, you may ask? Why, the kind that finds technical recruiters for other companies, of course.

In this case, the problem is the overblown enthusiasm for 10x-type employees - because no one trains anymore - and the lengths companies will go to find them. Contrary to the situation described in the article, the end goal is to find singular workers who can be paid exorbitant salaries (but still less than the cost of the teams they'd replace). It's a very difficult problem, so if you're unsuccessful, the next best option is to simply outsource responsibility. The MLM-ization of society is something akin to cancer, in that the causes are multitudinous.