Every developer for Google who has on payroll is a developer that competitors can’t hire. Google is large enough to impact local labor markets for specific rol

Every developer for Google who has on payroll is a developer that competitors can’t hire. Google is large enough to impact local labor markets for specific roles. If you tell the world that you can make $200k at Google to dick around all day, you’ve now caused your competitors to need to pay developers more money to attract talent and make them perform at a high level.