[c0w]

You vastly underestimate the number of highly qualified developers in the world looking for work, and my opinion you vastly overestimate the value of your work. I would never pay your rate. Programming is a commodity. I hire PhD's from Asia and Eastern Europe for less than what would be considered minimum wage in the United States. An order of magnitude cheaper than what I assume your asking rate is. They produce great code and deliver in a reasonable timeframe. Calling this outsourcing exploitative is incredibly ignorant.

[wprl]

Explain why it is not exploitative, please.

[c0w]

It's basic economics. Here are a few terms to start with that will help you see the bigger picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_capita_income. The simple matter of fact is that the value of a dollar varies greatly by location. Asserting that a wage of less than $75/hr for programming is exploitative is absurd and offensive towards anyone who's ever off-shored work. I code. I offshore. I do not exploit my employees and resent the accusation that I do. I pay them very well compared to their peers, treat them with the same consideration and respect that I treat any other human being, and do not think it reflects well on this community to have such an ignorant and offensive statement as the highest ranked comment on this thread.