100% agreed. Almost feels like the author is trying to write poetry in parts of it.

This style of writing gets in the way of actually communicating. It's harder for me to see what the actual process is.

Though, maybe they want to filter for people who enjoy writing this way, and to filter out anyone who wants more straightforward comms. In that case, it'd be low key brilliant.

I agree

The current job market is breeding some really crazy hubris stuff like this. I was foolish enough to do a huge project (wish we could all agree against as an industry wide boycott, but alas I fell into it as well) this summer. It landed over 1200 lines. In the end it wasn't even viewed! and i have proof. So any output of this magnitude ends up being a colossal waste of time, i sure hope wouldn't make again. Fingers crossed.

I see what you mean.

"They must be able to build castles of imagination, and yet still understand the constraints of a grimy reality: they must be arrogant enough to see the world as it isn’t, but humble enough to accept the world as it is. Each of these is a balance, and for each, long-practicing engineers will cite colleagues who have been ineffective because they have erred too greatly on one side or another."

Ooof... where are you going to find these paragons of balance? It almost sounds like they're searching in Zen temples or something.