I feel like the 'capture all the value you provide' type comments come from those who have never run a business or worked independently, or maybe they did and g

I feel like the 'capture all the value you provide' type comments come from those who have never run a business or worked independently, or maybe they did and got extremely lucky. For most, it's way more work handling all those tasks you mentioned, in addition to the work you 'are getting paid for'. The stress alone is killer. In our industry, it's hardly serfdom: I have reasonable autonomy, get paid vacation time, and can largely code (my preference) the bulk of the day.