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Originally Posted by Varius
Salary is often no indicator of expertise.
Some programmers charge a high fee, based on "references" and/or take advantage of the client who doesn't have much technical knowledge. Especially when it comes to freelancers, there are more than enough fish in the sea they can get away with it but it doesn't mean they are actually a quality programmer.
On the flip side, you may have guys who are extremely good and can't get the rates they feel they deserve, OR don't know what they are truly worth and accept less than they should.
In conclusion, you can find great programmers who are getting underpaid and mediocre programmers being grossly overpaid. It means nothing in regards to their skill level.
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If Salary doesn't indicate the expertise then it for sure indicate the stupidity of the company that hired them. We're not talking $10k a year extra, this would be a $30k-$60k a year difference.
I've never paid a php programmer a $100k a year, I've never had a php coder even ask for that much, or even close to it. Even the top skilled guys, multiple languages, administrators as well don't ask for $100k a year.
We can find them being paid all over, under and over paid, etc.. but not by 100% of the money they should earn.