I see the situation regularly from both sides. I know exactly why I get rejected: for having Masters in Economics (read: Applied Maths), not CS, for not knowin

I see the situation regularly from both sides. I know exactly why I get rejected: for having Masters in Economics (read: Applied Maths), not CS, for not knowing by heart all normal forms till the 6th, for using but not knowing the formal definition of Dependency injection pattern. I see how it works on the other side. I was the first guy at a new project in a wealthy company. We needed a genius, and we hired one from the first try. He solved all the Python puzzles I gave, and knows a lot just out of university. The problem is that we need to extend the app, which is boring and a bit repetitive, which takes discipline, not rare talent. So we see such guys coming. They learned Python on their own, out of joy, don't know many things. But our boring work will be a challenge to them. So, why not hire? My superstar fellow says they're retards, the management asks to not bother even calling them back, and I have no strong point in their favor.