I have always felt that these takes highly overstate how difficult practical part is. It is significatly easier then it is made up to be.
Also, you should not expect even seniors to hit the ground runing, unless you hire on total complete match of both culture, code style and exact libraries being used. In which case you should not be surprised about there being lack of qualified applicants. Even experienced seniors need to learn every single time they change a job and thus also tech stack.
Moreover, many agile companies are basically organized to cater to unexperienced programmer.
Also, you should not expect even seniors to hit the ground runing, unless you hire on total complete match of both culture, code style and exact libraries being used. In which case you should not be surprised about there being lack of qualified applicants. Even experienced seniors need to learn every single time they change a job and thus also tech stack.
Moreover, many agile companies are basically organized to cater to unexperienced programmer.