Pay is a reflection of your value. Lebron James would be unhappy making 2M/year because his market value is well above 2M/year. Similarly, many Silicon Valley e

Pay is a reflection of your value. Lebron James would be unhappy making 2M/year because his market value is well above 2M/year. Similarly, many Silicon Valley engineers are making, say, 100k, when their employer would happily pay, say, 150k to keep them.