Hmmmm. Dunno. If you have baisc experience and a proper grasp of programming and live in the westeren world, you might not know beforehand if an employer had humor, but you can still choose your employer.
If by "basic experience of programming", you mean 10+ years of experience or a Stanford/MIT/Berkeley degree, and by "western world" you mean Silicon Valley (and a few other very select areas, all of them within the US), yeah, I agree.
Outside that, the number of decent opportunities you'll get as a developer will be too low for you to be picky.
Outside that, the number of decent opportunities you'll get as a developer will be too low for you to be picky.