Many consider it a big warning sign if a job description contains the word "leverage" or any such marketing speak. And unfounded hyperbole like "When you move here, you will be in the top 2% of engineers in New York City." doesn't instill much confidence either.

I believe the reason for this lies in the sad fact that as software developers we have all met a lot of business and marketing people who talk like that, and speaking from personal experiences none of them were trustworthy. As an engineer I don't want my managers to be cheerleaders; for many reasons, not the least of which is they tend to turn into megalomaniac taskmasters who exhibit a glaring disconnect from reality.

When you write stuff like "really...it's a filter...meant to weed out people like you and surface people who we actually want to work with. go work at IBM", you're essentially confirming these suspicions.

Now, Jordan, I didn't write this to diss you, I wanted to convey an explanation where negative feedback may be coming from. As a developer I would like to be impressed by ideas, not by enthusiastic type A personalities who are quick to lash out against others.