There is certainly a war in the bay area for skilled iOS developers. We're a small startup and pay market to above market rate, relocation expenses, sponsor H1B

There is certainly a war in the bay area for skilled iOS developers. We're a small startup and pay market to above market rate, relocation expenses, sponsor H1Bs, hefty options, cater awesome lunches, offer mentorship... whatever is takes basically and even finding an engineer that has done more than create HTML5 apps is a daunting challenge. I've been halfway through negotiations to steal away someone from Google only to have Google turn around and offer the person a truly ridiculous bonus. Recruiters call one of my iOS engineers daily (he routinely wins all the major hackathons) and he always asks them if they're willing to take on new clients since we need engineers too and they almost always reply that the have all the clients they need.