That's like saying the best and brightest won't work for Dell because they're looking for C programmers, or Java programmers, or programmers with a frontend pre

That's like saying the best and brightest won't work for Dell because they're looking for C programmers, or Java programmers, or programmers with a frontend preference, or backend preference. Totally orthogonal. The right people will self select into or out of the situation like any other aspect of a job description. Thinking the "best" talent is defined as being like you is just solipsism.