Yep, that's the only intractable problem, so trials either go unpaid or pay without filling taxes, which is somewhat shady. It's a myth that developers have a

Yep, that's the only intractable problem, so trials either go unpaid or pay without filling taxes, which is somewhat shady. It's a myth that developers have a ton of offers. There are few developers who got lucky to have multiple offers at some point in their life. It won't last forever. They will eventually face a bad situation trying to get a job after being laid off or being on extended paternity or medical break. Consider the current recession with record high unemployment, countless employees are desperate to get a job, including developers. Yet companies still prefer to have impassable interviews and hire nobody, than to give a trial.