[SauronOfMordor]

Post meritocracy is exactly what it sounds like. Go look it up. It is social justice types declaring that adherence to SJW principles is more important than merit or skill or competence. This is the cancer which has spread throughout academia, and has now taken root in the software community.

[Myrddin]

I've been a software engineer for the last 38 years. If the "post-meritocracy" BS ventures into my company or projects, that will be my cue to retire. It's a brutal business requiring long hours, work over weekends and holidays and often uncompensated. You're never finished learning. The technology rolls on at a fevered pace every day. I trying to pick the best of the best from the recruiters. It's often hard to evaluate how quickly a candidate will "catch on" and how dedicated they will be to getting the jobs done correctly and in a timely fashion. Poor producers are shown the door in fairly rapid order.