I've seen a lot more employed shitty devs than I've seen unemployed amazing devs. In fact I don't know a single competent developer who has trouble getting work.
This is in Norway, maybe it's different elsewhere.
My observation of the situation in Germany is different: I know quite some quite skilled developers who have/had quite some trouble getting jobs.
The other hand, the bad developers (impostors) who easily found jobs were typically sycophants. On the other hand, many highly skilled developers were rather more stubborn (they can't stand bullshit), very honest, and not "corporate politicians".
My observation of the situation in Germany is different: I know quite some quite skilled developers who have/had quite some trouble getting jobs.
The other hand, the bad developers (impostors) who easily found jobs were typically sycophants. On the other hand, many highly skilled developers were rather more stubborn (they can't stand bullshit), very honest, and not "corporate politicians".