I think it's totally unrealistic to compare the average coding gig with writing a custom JIT from scratch for Google. In most businesses the difference between

I think it's totally unrealistic to compare the average coding gig with writing a custom JIT from scratch for Google. In most businesses the difference between 'very good' and 'world class' won't have a large enough impact to spend the extra resources getting that rockstar. And then there is the issue of actually retaining top talent...