There are pay caps that do not correspond to reality, and you often don’t need such capable people for 40+ hours a week. When I consulted I explicitly told my c

There are pay caps that do not correspond to reality, and you often don’t need such capable people for 40+ hours a week. When I consulted I explicitly told my clients that they do not need me full time, and I will have two clients add spend half of my time each week on each. I billed each client half my full time amount. Whether their accounting department knew all that is none of my business.