you can have ten comments about the name of a variable, but no one bats an eye at a new npm package introduced. Also, devs that wrote code that Google depends on can't pass the leetcode gate check to get a job there.
Our industry is a laughingstock.
Our industry is a laughingstock.
One more thing that I don't see enough people talking about here: Writing good software is as much about human relationships (trust!) as it is about the computer code itself. When you have a deeply trusted, highly competent teammate, it is normal to put less effort into the review. And to be clear, I am talking about the 99% scenarios of writing the same old CRUD corporate code that no one gets excited about here. Please don't reply to this post with something like, "Well, I work on Dragon at SpaceX and all branches have 2x code coverage and the QA team has 600 years of combined experience... Yada..."
In general, the most highly skilled developers who are most capable of doing a thorough code review are also the ones who are most likely to be genuinely over capacity as is.
Edit: yes for FAANG-ish companies this is usually a bit different, for this reason. And licenses..