From a simple, static economic perspective cost and availability the number of qualified candidates available to you are inversely correlated. Any influx of can

From a simple, static economic perspective cost and availability the number of qualified candidates available to you are inversely correlated. Any influx of candidates brings down salaries. Theoretically, there is no such thing as a shortage. It is always true that you can find more programmers by paying more. Beat all those internship offers and you will get plenty of quality interns. Both of these positions are true but dishonest. That's a static and simple perspective though. In the real world ceterus is not parabus. Widening your search net to include people educated and experienced elsewhere has value. "Production" is not limited by a simple demand-price function, but by ideas and execution. There are also a lot of "impossible to measure but undeniably there" effects brought on by trade in goods, migration of people and such. Hubs have a vibrancy to them that have been obvious to observers since ancient times. People are not commodities like coal or lead. Price dynamics are real, but the don't capture everything. There is a rising tide element that is almost certainly substantial. The industry's success, creates opportunities for employees. I'm not American, so I don't have a dog in this. But, it seems to me that the US got to where it has gotten to by being a dynamic hub sucking up the vibrant and ambitious of the world.