Capital always complains about labor supply. Not big news, really. Raise wages and supply of labor will increase. Economists noted long ago that people respond rationally to price incentives.
" many of these skilled developers don’t adopt open source languages simply because they don’t know any better, are stuck in their ways or earn enough not to care"<p>Or maybe they don't want to learn skills that will help them get a job at a startup that will pay a lower rate. Believe me if you raise your pay, developers will take note.<p>"If you are a competent developer, you have no need to worry about job security because you are in such high demand it’s actually quite scary. And it won’t change any time soon"<p>Possibly, possibly not. We've seen more and more extreme shifts in economic cycles over the past few decades even in technology.<p>"Go ahead and take the risk to join a bunch of people trying to achieve something extraordinary instead of wasting your brilliant talent on building crummy software that nobody appreciates"<p>I work for a startup but I would say that just as few startups fall into the 'achieving something extraordinary' with non-crummy software as mid-size and large businesses do.<p>"What about the money? I recommend negotiating with a startup to earn what you need to be comfortable (along with stock options)"<p>I would rather recommend you negotiate as hard as possible with a startup to ensure you get what you are worth.