It's painful to see talent is getting into crisis and no can really help the situation. There are many investors and still innovators are less and hence there is no right balance for how. But i hope situation improves in future. Have you come across TLOS? May be you can build your reputation with your work and involvement there and can move up the ranks to be a block producer. Top 20 people are receiving like 1000 TLOS per day which is like 200$/day. So this is fairly matching hourly labour rates. 10-15$/hour is a fair rate according to me. Of course you know more. I can connect you with one of our Indian Block producers if you want. This blockchain is quickly evolving.