I'd answer: who are you to measure the value of your friends? And also, if you have a hotdog stand, you cant pay Elon Musk a lot more than you would pay any hi

I'd answer: who are you to measure the value of your friends? And also, if you have a hotdog stand, you cant pay Elon Musk a lot more than you would pay any highschool kid. You say they have similar jobs, I'll say they aren't , one way or another. If they truly are similar jobs, then one of your friends is getting above his value, or the other below, with the consequences that come from that situation. Value is truly a complicated thing to measure, and it has many axis where it can easily go "out of whack".