> However, I think many employers want the crème of such devs who are also good at algos.

Which is not going to work for the vast majority of devs and jobs.

Most devs either don’t care or need to care about algorithms, and the few devs who do, spend most days not using them.

This would be akin to asking a civil engineer to build a wooden road bridge. Having the skills is great, but how often is the company going to need them?