[pjc50]

> And, it occurred to me that there's a big double standard in hiring around this. It seems like the software development process, generally speaking, is built on what is essentially a lack of trust in engineers - we can come in with over 10 years of verifiable experience, talk eloquently about that and our abilities, and still be met with these ridiculous and demeaning puzzles.

This is called a "power imbalance". So long as it's possible to recruit developers despite all these things, they will continue. Unless you manage to cartelize people into refusing to work under those conditions.

[vsareto]

The market is in favor of developers and has been for a while. Companies don't seem to adjust interviewing based on the market, just their acceptance threshold.

[google234123]

There are engineers that don’t actually do engineering at many companies and they accrue many years of experience. Very common in defense companies in the US.

[Nextgrid]

Not limited to defense or government projects. A lot of startups are building engineering playgrounds where the goal is engineering and complexity. In there too you have a lot of engineers that accrue years of experience building unnecessary complexity (and worse, get promoted into management).