[hotpockets]

Thats a lot of dogmatic statements without defense.

-On the claim of unfillable positions, "It's not bogus."

-"companies ... can't find people"

-"the mistake ... in article's reasoning is ... "

-"the reason there are open positions ... is ..."

-the writer's "put effort into saying something false" because ...

Can these statements be backed up? Is there is a metric for star programmers that companies can measure? If there is an obviously star programmer, but in some obscure language, do they get job offers? Perhaps in your capacity as startup advisor, you have inside knowledge?