[airlocksoftware]

You pay them a lot of money, obviously. Or do something else that makes up for the fact that you're not using technologies that developers are drawn to.

It's pretty simple economics. If you are using "cool" technologies, you basically get a discount on your developers because there are so many of them that want to work with the tech. The less desirable your tech stack is, the more you have to pay (in cash or benefits) to make up for it.

[jasonhanley]

I get that, but unfortunately I've seen very little correlation between performance and pay.

In fact, often the most expensive "hired guns" will perform the worth in the long term.

What I'm looking for are people who are genuinely interested in the problem space.

[beat]

Or you outsource it to India!

[jasonhanley]

:) Been there, tried that. Did not go well.