>I have worked with incompetent engineers, who literally couldn't code FizzBuzz.
Operative word worked. This is exactly what the article says: "They always seem to be elsewhere. For everyone."
Operative word worked. This is exactly what the article says: "They always seem to be elsewhere. For everyone."
(The presence of incompetent engineers was certainly a factor in why I left that job.)
It's an idea, not an iron-clad rule, that perhaps "incompetence" isn't as rampant as so many people suggest.