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You can't just decide overpaid = anyone over mean, underpaid = anyone under mean. If a brain surgeon is a hard job and takes 15 years of school, and a crossing
by brianwawok 7y ago
You can't just decide overpaid = anyone over mean, underpaid = anyone under mean.
If a brain surgeon is a hard job and takes 15 years of school, and a crossing guard is an easy job that you just show up and stand with a sign... both should be paid 53k? I think a lot of people would have a problem with this.
- tptacek 7y agoI don't really follow the argument you're making here or how it connects to 'js2's original argument, but I'll make the obvious observation that there are extraordinarily difficult jobs that don't tend to pay well (professional classical musicians, for example), and easy jobs that pay better than the mean (garbage collectors).
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y agoGarbage collecting may be "easy" in a cognitive or skills sense, but it's unpleasant, surprisingly dangerous and hard on the body.
- tptacek 7y agoSure. My point is that supply and demand does not in fact map directly to talent and difficulty.
- brianwawok 7y agoIt has a very high correlation. Also ability to generate money. Pro NBA player and pro violin player are both hard. The pro NBA player is paid more, but he generated a lot more wealth. Most orchestras rely on donations just to keep the lights on.
- tptacek 7y agoIt's hard for me to see how you didn't refute your first paragraph with your second.