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"... consulting position ... large ... company ..." This may be part of your problem. I've been doing software startups in Java since Java 1.0.0 days, and I've
by geophile 16y ago
"... consulting position ... large ... company ..."
This may be part of your problem. I've been doing software startups in Java since Java 1.0.0 days, and I've had no problem finding extremely talented developers with broad backgrounds and deep expertise. I've certainly seen my share of developers who have done freshman-level projects all dressed up in EJB, but they don't get hired.
I suspect that given an interesting job at an interesting company will attract more interesting candidates. And as has been often noted on HN, the best candidates aren't going to appear via headhunters, they'll appear via connections.