> Also, there are limits to what companies can afford to pay while still having a viable business model. They can be maximally desperate for talent, but still l

> Also, there are limits to what companies can afford to pay while still having a viable business model. They can be maximally desperate for talent, but still limited to paying only up to a certain amount. That's part of the demand curve, as commonly understood in economics, even if we might colloquially say that "there is a large demand".