> just preparing for and attempting the interviews at [better companies]
This really rings true, I attempted and utterly failed an interview recently and was a real kick up the arse to improve myself - I'm no longer the hot shit I was 10 years ago.
I remembered that post when I saw this headline. I think from a philosophical viewpoint it's a good idea - though I've no idea what the implementation difficulties might be (could google have created V8 if we had a bytecode system?). But from a practical stance, what's the benefit? What would it achieve?