There is a lot of talk that big-tech companies are willing to pay way more, way up north of the market to the local rates. They all seem similar: Pre-IPO or public Looking for senior software engineers or staff engineers Salary brackets never published, and even recruiters stay fairly tight lipped So-described “transparent” interview process - usually a marathon of systems design, “culture fit” and leetcode-like excercises And yet it seems that it is hard for those firms to acquire ta...