>> I sometimes wonder what would happen if some company simply offered to pay 3X the market rate and mercilessly filter the results. > I've always heard this i

>> I sometimes wonder what would happen if some company simply offered to pay 3X the market rate and mercilessly filter the results. > I've always heard this is the Netflix model. Also, Valve. By some accounts, this creates terrible working environment, where people are competing instead of cooperating. Not to mention it distorts the incentives, as devs are heavily incentivised to project an image of being impactful high-achiever (as oposed to actually just being one, and not having to manage one's image). Of course, it also happens in regular companies, but here higher stakes make the game more vicious.