Agreed, but this is largely an American problem. In Europe and where I am in the UK, salary isn't the problem, but there is still a drive to outsource. When I'

Agreed, but this is largely an American problem. In Europe and where I am in the UK, salary isn't the problem, but there is still a drive to outsource. When I've been a contract developer, I've probably been making more than board members in some countries, but that seemed to be accepted over the short term. There's also an issue where enterprise companies wouldn't trust their IT departments, for historical reasons so the good people left or they got consulting businesses in and that made everything worse...