> There's a reason professions like doctory, investment banking, and consulting pay so much, they involve lots of sacrifice and/or job unhappiness that you have

> There's a reason professions like doctory, investment banking, and consulting pay so much, they involve lots of sacrifice and/or job unhappiness that you have to pay people a lot to get them to commit to the job. That's partly true, but there are other dynamics at work as well. Expert sewage/waste management workers get paid a lot less than those trades, though their trade is necessary and involves lots of sacrifice/job unhappiness. On the other hand, private military contractors and undersea welders make a premium, despite being nominally "service" or less popularly lauded jobs. There are other factors at work in addition to this.