> The rest of us have a % of money to spend on talent.
If the % of money allocated to talent is so low that the business cannot survive, then the business has no intrinsic right to survive. One possible exception to this would be a mission-driven non-profit, but that's not what we're talking about here.
If the business can't turn a profit and pay engineers at the same time, of course they shouldn't survive, but I don't think that is what they were saying.
There are plenty of viable business solutions that don't require paying every engineer 500k+.
