I wrote about this not long ago on my blog: http://www.forouzani.com/would-you-pay-2x-for-a-10x-developer.html http://www.forouzani.com/would-you-pay-2x-for-a-1

I wrote about this not long ago on my blog: http://www.forouzani.com/would-you-pay-2x-for-a-10x-developer.html http://www.forouzani.com/would-you-pay-2x-for-a-10x-develope... I think the short answer is that startups should be hiring for 10X devs, without having to raise their prices. But, in the real world - you usually get what you pay for.