Oh I agree that if we had developers who actually used optimization instead of farting out whatever would compile then the industry would be in a much better place. If you demand that level of competency in the technical aspect you necessarily create a culture where you start selecting for competency across the board instead of all the ideologically based hiring that happens now. There's the best games were made by a bunch of White and/or Japanese autists while the danger hairs have created nothing of value during their entire tenure in the industry.