Indeed. There was a post a month or two ago on HN that captured this fallacy beautifully and I wish I could find it again and/or credit its author: Q: "We pay

Indeed. There was a post a month or two ago on HN that captured this fallacy beautifully and I wish I could find it again and/or credit its author: Q: "We pay salaries competitive with the market average, why can't we find good experienced programmers or engineers?" A: "So you want top talent for average wages? See the discrepancy here?"