We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage
I had a recruiter call me a year ago with what sounded like a really amazing offer.  Working for a well funded startup on a problem in which I happen to be a domain expert.They're aren't many expects in my field with my background and skill set and they said the right things to get me to interview (compensation won't be a concern).Anyway... Went in for 4-5 interviews.  Took me about 10 hours in total to interview with them.Kept hearing that they have a difficult time filling the position. Reports directly to the CTO, etc, etc.They came in at 1/2 my current salary.  It was about 30-40% of what you would pay a decent engineer with experience.I told them my salary level BEFORE the interview...Gave them a hard now. They came back and said they can offer more stock and remote work.Why in the heck would I turn down a bird in the hand for 1x in the bush?Part of the problem is that if you're interviewing you need to know what you're buying!You can't go to a ferrari dealership and offer to buy one or $20k.. that's just not how it works.