"The market for technical talent has warmed up significantly in the last three months," he said.

That gap is of concern not just to educators, but also to those who seek to recruit new technical talent into science and industry.

"We're trying to bring the marketplace and the technical talent closer together."

Several factors have contributed to this growth, including ready availability of resources and skilled technical talent.

Unfortunately, both men's talents, technical or otherwise, were proving insufficient for their current task.

Facebook has opened up a whole new front in its war with Google over top technical talent and ad dollars.

"Microsoft is no longer the primary place for technical talent," he said.

It does not have the variety of technical talent that pulls it all together.

You could make up for technical talent with energy and directness.