[switch007]

> I have to contend with a very tight market for good developers.

What do you mean by tight market, and what makes EU citizens an attractive hire?

When businesses discuss problems with finding good people, I find it somewhat incomplete if salaries aren't mentioned.

[walshemj]

Former Warsaw pact member states have well trained young people with degrees and horrific employment levels - so employers in the UK can get cheaper staff.

[CloudNetworking]

It's not that they can get cheaper staff, it's that they can get reliable and talented staff.

There's only so many talented British developers. Hiking salaries won't turn non-talented people into talented people.

[walshemj]

I think you mean there are "only so many talented British / English developers" who will work for what you want to pay.

Over time a shortage and higher wages will increase the supply - all those cute triplets with triple A levels that the papers like to picture jumping in the air on results day( a common uk trope) will go into engineering instead of the law, medicine or other higher paid and higher status jobs

[CloudNetworking]

Good point, there are other local talent pools that choose more attractive careers, but that is also a limited resource in a 60M country.

[blibble]

> Hiking salaries won't turn non-talented people into talented people.

the exact opposite is the basis of capitalism

[CloudNetworking]

If I negate everything in my sentence this is what I get:

> Lowering salaries will turn talented people into non-talented people.

Am I doing capitalism right? :o)