You're right, there aren't enough great engineers out there. I'm just wondering if the direction of the company is an impediment to hiring the best.

Check out the reviews of Pages 5, which has been dumbed down. If the vision and future for OS X is to turn it into a Fisher Price OS for the masses, I can see why a great engineer would prefer to work elsewhere and tackle bigger challenges.

http://mjtsai.com/blog/2013/10/23/iwork-13-a-huge-regression...

http://www.betalogue.com/2013/10/24/pages-5-disaster/