[avgDev]

A single contractor will never be able to generate more money than a single software engineer. There is a reason software development pays so much.

I can go work for any company and help get rid of their employees or maximize efficiency. A simple program can save hundreds of man hours.

People who think building a website is cheap have no idea what they are talking about. Sure, a static site is easy. However, once you are building a site that needs to work with a system from the 1980s, you start to hit road blocks....and many many large business run on stuff from 80s. Places like costco, banks, etc.