The tech talent shortage is a lie when you don&#x27;t know what tech talent actually looks like. It also doesn&#x27;t exist nearly as strong as it does in SV. Remote is a solution, but not everyone knows how to run a company with remote employees.<p>&gt; <i>And therein lies the problem: The real shortage isn’t of talented people; it’s of employers (and, by implication, society) who are willing or able to nurture talented people.</i><p>When everyone has a runway of 18 months, spending the time and money to nurture talented people isn&#x27;t feasible whatsoever. You need productive people on day 1.<p>&gt; <i>Despite the tech industry’s propensity to hire people of privilege, research shows that people with different backgrounds are no less capable or successful as software engineers than those from privileged circles. And there are strong bottom-line arguments for a more diverse workplace.</i><p>Yet, the author&#x27;s company is full of white males in their 20&#x27;s and 30&#x27;s...[0] It sounds like the author wants other people, with other capital to invest in the hard part of what he&#x27;s suggesting to be solved.<p>For the record, Google brings in 1,500 interns per year. That&#x27;s a pretty significant investment in talented people who many not necessarily be productive...(hint: they take a lot of Stanford CS undergrads) of which many will eventually take full time jobs there when they graduate. I&#x27;ve tried to hire these people and they are extremely difficult to attract when the alternative is a cushy job at Google.<p>[0] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vividcortex.com&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;#leadership" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vividcortex.com&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;#leadership</a>