The economic success, brand awareness, and hipness of a company with the general public is only somewhat correlated with average level of engineering talent at a company. Different successful companies take different approaches to hiring - some focus on hiring a lot of reasonably competent engineers, while others focus on only hiring the best (and generally pay them a lot).
>>ummonk+(OP)
> some focus on hiring a lot of reasonably competent engineers, while others focus on only hiring the best (and generally pay them a lot).