I'm super confused about what the point you're trying to convey here is... but I'll try to comment from what I can understand of it. When you say "There is no

I'm super confused about what the point you're trying to convey here is... but I'll try to comment from what I can understand of it. When you say "There is no good reason to hire a contractor", I'd disagree. There are a few excellent business reasons to do so. The first is you simply don't have that expertise in-house. The second is you have the expertise, but your resources are on other priorities. Hiring an outside firm can be a quick way to gain an asset with the custom features not available on the market with off the shelf software. Many companies do this custom contracting, and they do it successfully. My own experience is with a company that has done it successfully. Your own experience would appear to be with a firm that has been unsuccessful. There are so many factors that go into the success of a project, and your firm may not be organized in a way to allow you to be successful. There's nothing inherent to contracting itself that leads to failure.