That's certainly a reasonable concern. I hope you suggested some legal ways to keep expertise and trade secrets, like paying people better, not working them to

That's certainly a reasonable concern. I hope you suggested some legal ways to keep expertise and trade secrets, like paying people better, not working them to the bone, not getting embroiled in collusion scandals; y'know, the basics. Snark aside, I still think I made the legitimate point that whether or not there is actually a lack of supply in Silicon Valley is close to irrelevant to the comment you were replying to. Even when that is actually the case, responding by manipulating the market is still a problem. So yes, I still think you were ignoring the broader point.