I agree that is a very common scenario in general, and I have seen it happen myself many times. But intro mentioned that the scope of the article was about firing engineers.
> Now we move on to a completely different topic, and maybe not the most pleasant one: about when engineers get fired.
So in context of the article’s purpose I think it is a fair representation - I very rarely see firings related to “wrong person for the moment” for engineers. But I very commonly do see firings for poor performance in engineering which, as the industry’s overzealous interview practices may suggest, is difficult to discern in an interview.
Even if you disagree with my perspective, I do still think you do yourself a disservice by jumping to the hyperbolic “it’s terrible” instead of writing your feedback in a more constructive manner, like you did in this subsequent comment.
> Now we move on to a completely different topic, and maybe not the most pleasant one: about when engineers get fired.
So in context of the article’s purpose I think it is a fair representation - I very rarely see firings related to “wrong person for the moment” for engineers. But I very commonly do see firings for poor performance in engineering which, as the industry’s overzealous interview practices may suggest, is difficult to discern in an interview.
Even if you disagree with my perspective, I do still think you do yourself a disservice by jumping to the hyperbolic “it’s terrible” instead of writing your feedback in a more constructive manner, like you did in this subsequent comment.