Maybe they are jaded that they grinded leet code for two months only to be working on boring problems.

I’ve also worked with people who are against trying something new or take forever (thanks processes) to do simple things. It doesn’t equate with how hard the interview and gatekeeping is. People know they can coast and riding out a year or two until the bottom 10% are weeded to make a half million or more is worth it to some.

All that being said yeah the comment was a bit crass for sure.