I was brought to the valley by a guy who came to my University (Harvey Mudd in Southern California) and paid the aide in my freshman Java course to give him th

I was brought to the valley by a guy who came to my University (Harvey Mudd in Southern California) and paid the aide in my freshman Java course to give him the names of the most promising students. He then offered us $80,000 sight unseen because he was so desperate for coders (and I was making $120,000 6 months later). Bottom line: There has always been and will always be a talent shortage in tech. start-ups. You just have to factor it in (and as my story demonstrates maybe get a little creative in your recruiting)