That's not anywhere close to my point, it's not their stance I have any issue with. it's their mindset that their own stance is universal:

> People should not do this.

> It is causing so much suffering.

> I have never gotten a job from sending an application into a site.

> A form is not going to a hire you, a person is. You need to ignore the form and talk to a person.

> I wish I could put this on a billboard everywhere.

My experience is opposite to this but I'm not selling it as absolute truth or even giving it as advice at all.

When was your experience? Because tech hiring has largely changed with the advent of the ATS SAAS in the last few years. So far filling out apps in those systems has been a complete waste of time.