Sadly I know plenty of Seniors with 15 or so years of experience. That would write brute force and it still wouldn't work right.

Senior in a perfect world sure but the reality is that for decades ppl have been desperate for talent and so you don't have to do much to get by.

I knew a popular principle engineer at a fortune 50 company who was loved by execs. He would check in 5 or 10 of the same file. Opposite of the dry principle.