> I think the amount one gets paid is equal to the amount of value one creates for others. I get what you mean, but thats not quite true, it is also supply and

> I think the amount one gets paid is equal to the amount of value one creates for others. I get what you mean, but thats not quite true, it is also supply and demand, intelligence, salesmanship, the ability to exploit others, and greed. Of course a software dev can create more value than a picker at Amazon, but if what you said were true or if it were the only rule, there would be a correlation of performance and executive pay, which provably isn't the case.