People are blaming vibe coding but the real culprit was hiring leetcoders in the first place. I genuinely believe the stark decrease in quality of most products across the industry has been driven by that.
The company does highly complex simulation software used by movie studios for explosions and other effects.
He got hired by word of mouth recommendation from someone at the company that had met him.
It takes as much luck as it takes skill to get these sorts of jobs, sadly.