There is one thing in your post I must particularly disagree with: > There's absolutely no talent shortage in the Bay Area, provided you can pay (and your idea

There is one thing in your post I must particularly disagree with: > There's absolutely no talent shortage in the Bay Area, provided you can pay (and your ideas are interesting) I can generalize that "there is no shortage of anything provided you can pay". You can get a BMW in Cuba, a skyscraper in NY and what ever you want where ever you want, it's just much more expensive. Still, there are shortages and high prices are indicative of that.