Perhaps the most consistent thing about the Philippines is its inconsistency.
You can find highly talented people that provide an excellent service here; you can also find highly incompetent people that will waste your time, money and even worse...
The highly incompetent people will often present themselves as supremely confident and even reassuring. I believe that in many cases they really don’t know how incompetent they are.
Remember - price is not always an indication of the level of competence and expertise.
Over the years I have got a very good at identifying each. It’s often just a matter of asking the right questions and listening carefully to the responses.