Freelance developers charge $100 an hour to write PHP apps, consultants charge $...

patio11 on July 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How do I start being a consultant?

Freelance developers charge $100 an hour to write PHP apps, consultants charge $40k to solve a problem costing the business $200k a year. That solution might be a PHP app that takes 2 weeks to write.

Not really joking here.