Well, yes, because generally somebody who is actually 'the most capable and most effective' will simply be running their own business, why would they waste time climbing the ranks to work for somebody else's yacht?

The filter exists because whilst PMCs can't build the ship, a founder can, they're fine at keeping it away from the rocks enough for relevant parties to extract wealth and guard it from the risks posed by hotshot up and comers.

Remeber the avg corp is relying on regulatory capture and offshore Java, maybe wrapping OpenAI if it's YC funded - there's barely double digit innovative tech companies for this mythical employee to even captain.