I don't think this anecdotal reddit post says much of anything. We don't know the persons resume/background/experience, nor the position. $65/hr with 10 years o

I don't think this anecdotal reddit post says much of anything. We don't know the persons resume/background/experience, nor the position. $65/hr with 10 years of experience is uber low. That rate is comparable to FANG intern pay. You could find a contract job 15 years ago paying that, working for some insurance company or large boring bank. It just sounds like a shit job at a shit company. Probably located in a small market/geo. OP also says "actual client" - so this job is likely via a third party (either a staffing firm or some MSP); AKA that $65/hr rate is even lower than it should be, because the third party needs to take its 20-40% cut. There are still 1000s of open developer jobs.