>because executives, investors and engineers have negotiating leverage Are you sure it's not because their marginal product is higher? Are you implying that co

>because executives, investors and engineers have negotiating leverage Are you sure it's not because their marginal product is higher? Are you implying that collectively those groups managed to finagle a situation where the marginal worker is paid more than their marginal value, persistently and across multiple rounds of hiring? If it's not that, I think the more correct thing to say is they're paid higher because they're worth more to the company, not because they have "better negotiating power".