Where the developer lives has nothing to do with what they cost (at least it shouldn't). Cost is a function of value. So if you get a really cheap developer t

Where the developer lives has nothing to do with what they cost (at least it shouldn't). Cost is a function of value. So if you get a really cheap developer then either you've found someone who has no idea what their market rate is (what else are they ignorant about? Anything that will hurt your product?) or they're just not as good as someone more expensive (the majority of the cases, though people don't want to believe this. They want to think they've found "a deal").