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The true godlike codesmiths are all comfortably situated by now. It's very very rare when you cross paths with one that isn't either exclusively employed by someone, or has been enriched to the point where they have right of refusal on any new work.
There's always the opportunity to pick up the up-and-comers whiling away the time in university or college, filling a seat just long enough to get the mark they want and doing their own thing in the meantime.
I must say I'm a bit curious... what is it that you need done so's to require "the best programmer in the world"? The vast majority of what gets done in this industry these days is pretty pedestrian stuff, even in the innovative areas (the ideas may be innovative, but the code is still straightforward).
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