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There are a number of companies out there that pay well above market rates, and are unable to hire enough _sufficiently skilled_ developers. They literally hire every single one they can find and pay them at top-of-market--I mean, what they pay developers actually defines what top-of-market is at any given time--and they'll tell you they would hire more if they could, but there aren't any more, which is the definition of shortage.

The statement "there is a shortage of skilled software developers" is true and not disingenuous.

There is a glut of unskilled software developers. There are many companies that are unwilling or unable to pay market rate for talent. But, neither of those things changes the fact that there is a real shortage of skilled software developers, as the demand for them cannot be fulfilled.