[Glenn]

I can tell you exactly what makes someone worth 6 figures. Reasonable technical skill and lots of sales/buisiness savy.

Right. I see advertisements for that kind of experience all over monster.com. You must be a headhunter if you truly believe that.

[RockyMtnMan]

No, I'm a moderately paid software engineer for a high tech software company that has seen the pattern over and over during my career.

I will admit the trend as of late does not favor those types of hires, but in large corporations is still happens. If companies are willing to pay $250 an hour for an engineer from IBM I can gaurentee a small boutique style consultancy, with enough savy, can weasle in somewhere for around a $100.