I find that sentiment laughable, to be honest. Would anyone blink an eye at a CEO earning that much or having that much in incentive pay over perhaps a number

I find that sentiment laughable, to be honest. Would anyone blink an eye at a CEO earning that much or having that much in incentive pay over perhaps a number of years? Of course not. But the only reason to have such differing opinions is a classist attitude. Indeed, look how bizarre a world we live in has come to be. Nobody today would think it too ridiculous for an actor or entertainment figure to be paid so much. And yet a single engineer could easily have a much larger impact on the day to day life of millions of people or on the development of technologies spawning multibillion dollar industries.