> No, recruiters all over the world are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a year because they can't find any competent programmers anymore. They pay it b

> No, recruiters all over the world are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a year because they can't find any competent programmers anymore. They pay it because they can't identify and source competent programmers, not because there aren't enough. Thus, when they (think they) find one they pay through the nose for it.