> very few and small geographic parts of the world There's reasonably good data about this that contradicts this? $1000 as a day rate isn't unusual or unreaso

> very few and small geographic parts of the world There's reasonably good data about this that contradicts this? $1000 as a day rate isn't unusual or unreasonable for a specialist IT contractor; and I don't say that idly; I say it from both experience and you know; aggregated data: - https://www.hays.com.au/documents/276732/1102429/Hays+Technology+Contractor+Rates+Guide.pdf https://www.hays.com.au/documents/276732/1102429/Hays+Techno... - https://www.itcontracting.com/rate-checker/ https://www.itcontracting.com/rate-checker/ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32606348 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32606348 Yes, if you want someone to slap a php website together (or javascript, or many other entry level frameworks), you can pay less. ...but that's not what they were asking; they were asking for a technically sophisticated analysis of an existing project and a performant re-implementation in rust. They got a bargain.