LOL, keep telling yourself that. Having a 'lower cost of living' doesn't excuse paying a software developer a much lower rate than the rest of the world.
Why? It's like that with all jobs, it's how the market works. Not to mention the fact that he works online and can accept jobs all over the world - in other words he can charge what he wants.
At the higher wage you seem to want me to pay, I can hire a more qualified developer, so now I won't pay the original developer at all. Exploitation eliminated FTW!
LOL, keep telling yourself that. Having a 'lower cost of living' doesn't excuse paying a software developer a much lower rate than the rest of the world.