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Susie writes great crud apps in Django/RoR/Node/MEAN/ASP/etc ad nauseum, and in order to get a raise, she must write a novel C program off a minified library that compiles to bytecode while using exact memory addresses as a debugger?

How does this solve Susie's problem?

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Most developers can write crud apps without any issue.

Not all of them have problem solving skills that translate well across different technologies.

It's not about looking for people that meet a specific checklist of tools/languages, it's about finding people who can solve problems - even in fields they are not familiar with. The latter is far more useful trait for an employee to have.

It doesn't, unless Susie discovered she liked really low level stuff a few years ago.

It's definitely not equally applicable to everyone, and that's ok.

In case anyone in the thread above didn't know, there is a different set of stockfighter challenges to play that involves writing code that accesses a REST API that be more aligned with Susie's interests in that case.

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