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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by sheetjs on Saturday April 20, 2019 @02:09PM (#19707956)
There was a similar discussion 2 years ago (article https://www.shellypalmer.com/2017/04/id-pay-500000-year-cant... comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14246760)

The ultimate problem is that people want "unicorns for peanuts". Google, Facebook and a few other large tech companies have hired most of the top of the labor market, the "ferraris" in your analogy. Most companies want the ferrari but can't afford the price when others are willing to pay much much more.

The only way to really balance the market is for more of the talented engineers to start their own companies (reducing labor supply and possibly increasing demand). Arguably the proliferation of one-person or small bootstrapped startups is a reflection of the state of the labor market.

Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by HatchedLake721 on Saturday April 20, 2019 @06:32PM (#19709314)
How will that balance the market - cutting supply while demand is growing?
Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by morenoh149 on Sunday April 21, 2019 @01:20AM (#19710655)
engineers can capture more of the value they generate for themselves if an engineer founds their own company.