Aye, but you probably can't code faster if you have to read a manual first? It is easy to construct scenarios where someone from a bootcamp could code "faster" than a principal, senior lead, or CTO of all things. It's just a matter of picking the problem.

A better point is that this drought of new talent is just the other side of the pendulum. In the odd years, the problem is layoffs and difficulty finding work without being a new-grad or knowing the latest tech fad. You've seen some of those summers, too?

> Aye, but you probably can't code faster if you have to read a manual first?

If we both had to read the manual? Yeah, I'd still be faster. It's just as easy to cherry-pick for one side or another.

The general point he makes is that "if I define what speed means, I always code faster", so yeah, he's right. Sort of :)