There's really almost no such thing as talent acquisition , IMHO:
1. No dev is worth $1m. Their skills may generate as much and more, but only in a specific context. Being great at catching a football is worth $50m in context of the NFL, $0 without it.
2. You can't really buy talent. At best, you can keep it, working at 1/2 of its ability, until fully vested and moves on. Alternately, eBay could create an environment as challenging and attractive as Hunch - but (a) by definition, it's almost impossible and (b) if you could pull it off, you could hire the similar talent for much less than $80m.
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There's really almost no such thing as talent acquisition , IMHO:
1. No dev is worth $1m. Their skills may generate as much and more, but only in a specific context. Being great at catching a football is worth $50m in context of the NFL, $0 without it.
2. You can't really buy talent. At best, you can keep it, working at 1/2 of its ability, until fully vested and moves on. Alternately, eBay could create an environment as challenging and attractive as Hunch - but (a) by definition, it's almost impossible and (b) if you could pull it off, you could hire the similar talent for much less than $80m.