That's what I find so strange though. I don't mean to gloss over the difficulties in getting funding, but in a very general simplification, there's much more VC

That's what I find so strange though. I don't mean to gloss over the difficulties in getting funding, but in a very general simplification, there's much more VC and investor money being thrown at startup companies right now. And yet, the culture persists that you can't possibly pay employees well.