[firstOrder]

You hit the nail on the head. He talks about the 5x programmer. Well if the 1x programmer is making $100k-$150k a year, the 5x programmers should be making $500k-$750k a year. When was the last time you went on Craigslist and saw a programmer job offering over $500k or more a year? I'm not saying it never happens, but...

[hueving]

Those type of job postings don't go on Craigslist. The few people with those kind of skills just decide where they want to go and apply there.