> supposedly the brightest programmers have fled to the hot markets Just another facade perpetuated by VCs given too much money by the market, and tech compani

> supposedly the brightest programmers have fled to the hot markets Just another facade perpetuated by VCs given too much money by the market, and tech companies "faking it till they make it" in regards to actually hiring all the smartest people. You think they would learn that the actual smartest people won't fall for someone just saying "all the smartest people work here ...", and that they are effectively attracting naive people with that slogan instead. That being said, the high-salaries of SV/NYC/etc. will attract some of the smartest people ...