I thought we were supposed to be in a recession. But in trying to hire a couple of qualified PHP engineers here in the Bay Area, it seems like it's a programmers market.

Between Twitter, Facebook in Palo Alto, and a slew of other VC funded start-ups here in the SF Bay Area trying to be the next Google, it's difficult for me to get an experienced software developer's attention. And while we offer a very competitive salary and lots of free alcohol, our mission has always been: stay focused on user experience, stay small, stay profitable.

That, however, flies in the face of the get-rich-quick strategy espoused by the entrepreneur and VC community here. Which in turn, makes us very unsexy and uncool when we want to hire.

Damn, this is just lke High School - but now not even the band geeks want to hang with me.