[littlecranky67]

> That's not the game the hyperscalers are playing

The hyperscalers are playing the game hyperscalers are playing - and only them. Where do they expect to find talent then? If the logic is, you need to work at a hyperscaler to work at a hyperscaler, no wonder they won't find any talent. That would be like NASA only hiring astronauts to send to space if they had already experience being in space.

[jsnell]

That's not the logic, they obviously hire from outside. The author's complaint is not that he can't get hired. He doesn't want to get hired, even! The complaint is rather that investors aren't funding his startup.