Originally Posted by TheDoc

If the guy works for someone else and gets paid $100k, then you're being charged more than what he makes or the company isn't making a profit from his work.

I never said anything about a master skill... it's a skill to code in php - but not a skill that's worth $100k a year. And yes, you can find plenty of extremely skilled, very dedicated, amazing coders for far, far, far less money.

The reason a php coder isn't worth a $100k a year is because they're a dime a dozen. You can hire young teenagers that are masters in php. Most php coders started as kids learning it, if they didn't you shouldn't hire them, it's one of the first languages they learn - because it's so simple.

I used to think coders were worth that as well until I found better coders at half the cost.