> Keep in mind that everyone at google passed one of the hardest technical screens on the planet.

Nope.

Imagine thinking grinding leetcode makes somebody a good software engineer.

Many poor performers at my startup ended up at Google and Facebook

How did you determine that their poor performance was an attribute of the employee, rather than a consequence of their strengths in a given environment?

Everyone’s performance differs depending on the environment and their personal context. I’ve know poor performers whose impact shot up once they were no longer asked to do things that frustrated them, for example.

You can be very talented at your job but a shit worker.

I much prefer working with good people who are average coders than brilliant coders who are insufferable colleagues.