Because he contends that the average engineer doesn't study anything.

Yeah I also kinda misjudged the tone at the beginning of the post. Commented prematurely. As for the rest of it, I actually sorta agree?

I know people who got jobs for DoD contractors out of college and are still writing the exact same matlab programs they were a decade ago.

But also most developers I know who’ve worked in a startup or small company are very committed to learning new stuff and mastering some tools. So idk I guess it depends where you’re working.

> Heck, you could probably eliminate almost all dud candidates during technical interviews by asking what their favourite tech book is, then only talking to candidates where you know enough to check if they've read that book.

You know, I bet this would actually work really well…