It's harder to convince a quality person to leave a stable position for another stable position than it is to convince them to come to yours from no position de

It's harder to convince a quality person to leave a stable position for another stable position than it is to convince them to come to yours from no position despite what perks you may offer. I think one of the few companies in IT who doesn't have this issue right now is probably Facebook, Google use to be in that position until recently when there seems to be some backlash. The harsh reality is that there really is a disproportionate number of bad to ok programmers in the North American market compared to good to great programmers. So I guess getting back on topic. Is there a shortage of developers? No. Is there a shortage of quality developers? Probably.