The shortage in the sfba is of different kind - too much competition. So all you have to do is to offer larger pay or something non-monetary like career opportu

The shortage in the sfba is of different kind - too much competition. So all you have to do is to offer larger pay or something non-monetary like career opportunity and you got yourself a great engineer. In some other locales it could legitimately be shortage of qualified staff. To your second point, faang employees are much more likely to pass any interview process (based on my extensive interviewing experience at my current gig) so you’re saving money on recruiting at least.