I'm the lead developer at a tech startup in Silicon Valley and I interview about 2-3x a week. There is definitely a shortage of competent workers here. We wil

I'm the lead developer at a tech startup in Silicon Valley and I interview about 2-3x a week. There is definitely a shortage of competent workers here. We will typically extend an offer to about 1 out of every 5 candidates because they just can't code or don't have the experience in the technologies we use. I've learned that resumes are very puffed up and that having a college degree really doesn't make much difference in terms of a candidate's competency. I disagree with the article about salaries being stagnate. In startups, especially for web developers, competition amongst companies is fierce and has driven up salaries. Many studies use college degrees vs open positions as their data but I think this is a flawed model because what I have found is that college degrees and education / competency is only a loose correlation at best.