It's not actually a shortage of engineers. I can post a job and have an endless stream of interviewees in the door. There is a shortage of engineers with the re

It's not actually a shortage of engineers. I can post a job and have an endless stream of interviewees in the door. There is a shortage of engineers with the requisite amount of experience and the right skill set for many jobs. This holds especially true with startups that don't have the time or money to spend 6+ months getting you up to speed from zero on whatever they're working on. Hiring people based mostly on intelligence (what big firms like Google try to do) works when you have the capital to spend 6 months training them towards being productive.