--- title: Involution Studios | talent war description: talent war | Design, Policy, Technology Blog --- [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) [Contact](http://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [Home](http://www.goinvo.com) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision) - [Careers](http://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](http://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) ## [On Talent, War, and Devastation](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/on-talent-war-and-devastation) 12.Aug.11 by [Jon Follett](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/jon-follett) Ever since the U.S. started on its long road to recovery from the Great Recession and tech companies began expanding the ranks of their employees again, there's been a dearth of talent to choose from, especially those most important senior level team members in engineering and user experience. This lack of readily available personnel has driven not only an increase in salaries, signing bonuses, and perks, but also a variety of unorthodox recruitment strategies, not the least of which is acquiring small companies for their talent, not necessarily their technology. Facebook, for example, has executed some high profile acquisitions to bring top notch designers into the fold, buying both [software design shop Sofa](http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/06/10/facebook-acquires-dutch-software-house-sofa/) and [product firm Push Pop Press](http://pushpoppress.com/about/). [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/on-talent-war-and-devastation) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/on-talent-war-and-devastation#comments-listing) Topics: [talent war](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/talent-war), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog), [UX](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/ux), [engineering](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/engineering) [All posts](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/all) - [Home](https://www.goinvo.com/) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Careers](https://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](https://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) - [The Digital Life](http://thedigitalife.com/) - [Contact Us](https://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [661 Mass Ave Arlington, MA 02476](https://www.google.com/maps/place/661+Massachusetts+Ave,+Arlington,+MA+02476/@42.4161234,-71.1563006,17z/) - [info@goinvo.com](mailto:info@goinvo.com) - [mailto:hello@goinvo.com](mailto:hello@goinvo.com) - - - - -