As someone who is both a farmer and software developer, if you were going to force me to choose, I'd probably go with the $120k job. Although I see no reason to

As someone who is both a farmer and software developer, if you were going to force me to choose, I'd probably go with the $120k job. Although I see no reason to not do both and collect the $120k and $40k income. > Some jobs are not worth the extra money to a number of people no matter how much money you throw at them. Which is fine. As price rises, demand wanes. If strawberry pickers cost more than the consumer is willing to pay for strawberries, we'll stop growing strawberries and they can start eating something that is more efficient to produce (for example, something that is more easily harvested with machines) instead. I will point out that this is why the formal definition of shortage is not "being able to buy what you want at a price you can afford", even if it is used that way colloquially.