I have a strong suspicion the so-called tech shortage is just an excuse employers use to justify their own shortcomings. Programmers generally want, in no part

I have a strong suspicion the so-called tech shortage is just an excuse employers use to justify their own shortcomings. Programmers generally want, in no particular order: - a good work environment - good pay - interesting things to work on If you don't provide one you'd better make sure you well compensate with the other two. In practice, employers just say "meh, tech shortage" instead of taking responsibility and admiting "yeah, we kinda suck, the people we'd truly want working for us don't even consider applying so we're stuck with the rest".