I'm pretty sure that many, many people in any organisation feel they work harder than the people around them. Put another way, the perceived average is far abov

I'm pretty sure that many, many people in any organisation feel they work harder than the people around them. Put another way, the perceived average is far above the actual average. For example, this is a community of developers but I'm sure on a business forum you'd find many people to disagree with your experience that development is harder. It's also worth realising that without the business side of things, there is no business - even if you have good software. Similarly, your co-founder can't sell air, so he needs a good product grounding the business development. You may be working unequally, but the dependence from one to the other is equal. Even inequivalent exchange can benefit both parties. It's a specific case of the general idea of the 'laws of value'. Take a look at the essay International exchange and the law of value by Isaak Dashkovskij. http://libcom.org/library/international-exchange-law-value-isaak-dashkovskij http://libcom.org/library/international-exchange-law-value-i...