I think that was his entire point - that regardless of the engineer's profit potential to the company, he was being undervalued. If a single doctor brought in

I think that was his entire point - that regardless of the engineer's profit potential to the company, he was being undervalued. If a single doctor brought in $24m worth of patient revenue into a hospital, the doctor would have a huge bargaining chip and would be paid accordingly. The issue between doctors and developers purely based on requirements. A good developers needs just knowledge to perform the task, a doctor needs board certification and years of college to generate PhD credentials. The barrier of entry is much stiffer and therefore has greater weight