[dagamer34]

Honest question as a developer looking eventually to move to the Valley in a year or so: is it really that hard to find good people? Is software development really that hard? I taught myself 99% of what I know and found it to be pretty easy, and currently do iOS dev work. Just wondering.

[eru]

There's enormous demand for good people globally. The price at which demand meets supply is pretty nice for employees these days.

[crdoconnor]

Pretty nice for SV landlords. They get to share an enormous chunk of that cash.

[pestaa]

Depends on the country, to be fair. I could earn 10 times more if I could just bite the bullet and relocate to west.

[eru]

Or East. Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia pay well, to name a few.

[Blackthorn]

No. It's just hard to find good people willing to work for crap. A lot of what startups offer is crap.

[georgeecollins]

If you are skilled in objective C, and you have good code samples to show it, I think it should not be hard to find a position. If you are thinking about doing this I think a good place to start is to see if you can pick up some freelance work with a company based in the area.