Fundamentally, companies do not hire for raw technical ability.
Would you hire Linus for your bog standard dev role? Of course not. He'd be bored in days.
You probably wouldn't want a supermodel as a life partner.
The whole thing is about selecting model employees. People who will rock the boat in the correct ways; need money, but are neither impoverished nor independent; are reliable; and so on and so forth.
It's not "hiring is broken". It's "you misunderstand what employment is".
Fundamentally, companies do not hire for raw technical ability.
Would you hire Linus for your bog standard dev role? Of course not. He'd be bored in days.
You probably wouldn't want a supermodel as a life partner.
The whole thing is about selecting model employees. People who will rock the boat in the correct ways; need money, but are neither impoverished nor independent; are reliable; and so on and so forth.
It's not "hiring is broken". It's "you misunderstand what employment is".