Such angry rhetoric toward statements that are supposedly so "obvious".
The article is about hacking the system for networking purposes. He's not saying HR is "wrong" to apply those labels. Just that code camp graduates should watch out for that.
Given that this site has used up many cycles discussing how HR filtering sucks, these hacks are interesting to consider.
As for your specific concerns, calm down. You're giving off a superior tone. There is a lot of shit software out there. A lot of it coming from big companies. This notion that it's only for experts of a given status is elitist.
By your admission you're a smart coder so you have little to be upset about. Everyone works with people that aren't as good. My managers an idiot. Yadda yadda.
I'd work on my propensity for flying off the handle at trivial snippets taken out of context from larger stories. I'd rather work to help bring up a green coder with promise than alongside an elitist asshole
It's a hack to get around HR auto-filters. The hiring people can then make further assessment.
What world do you live in where you'd not have more than one filter on hiring?
The alarms here are astounding given the other hoops that are likely to exist passed the first marker.
Pretty shocking the response to some advice that is really only "step 1" to getting the job anyway