First you should look at the job advertisement and the money you offer. You might be missing the people you want and getting what you pay for. I don&#x27;t think the number of people with deeper knowledge is smaller than 10 years ago. There are more jobs and more people after those jobs while the number of people who know their stuff stays the same.<p>If you pay less than 75% percentile for programmer job, you can&#x27;t expect too much.<p>Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2014
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