> I would want to make say $5k for five days of work You completely ignore expected value. The most likely outcome is that you make nothing for your five days

> I would want to make say $5k for five days of work You completely ignore expected value. The most likely outcome is that you make nothing for your five days of work. A functioning market requires outsized returns to compensate for the huge failure risk that goes unseen. 90% chance of making nothing, 10% chance of making 10x your salary is a stable state that is not exploitable.