As a (female) software developer, we are not scrawny men (or rarely, if ever a woman) with glasses who are terribly shy and afraid of opposite sex, nor do we wear strange outdated clothes.
We cannot hack into any systems, we cannot solve any computer issue in short time, and we cannot magically get into some code and solve all problems. It’s a job like any other, and we look and act like any other working people, and not like nerds, geeks or geniuses.
Hard to justify that much money, when one can just buy existing floor plans that are just as nice. Most builders have someone on staff for revisions.
https://www.improvenet.com/r/costs-and-prices/architect-cost-estimator
Most home owners spend between between 2.5 to 4.5 K, and it is worth every penny, just in the way you'll be able to forecast all your expenses and get it approved quickly.
Clearly this rate and wonderful airport agent has never been a passenger. Yes, most of you guys are wonderful and some ARE Surly, even hateful.
Some are down right mean.
Good agents are a blessing no daily traveler fails to notice.