>Leading is a skill, and thus valuable, and so someone probably paid him to do the work of leading. Or are you going to just argue that "only making something o

>Leading is a skill, and thus valuable, and so someone probably paid him to do the work of leading. Or are you going to just argue that "only making something of use is work". If that's the case, you obviously have a twisted world-view, and debating it is pointless with you. I agree. Leading is a skill. But leading is not a skill that justifies an astronomical portion of the pie. I would say between coding and leading, coding is a far more specialized skill that is harder to learn and find. In short, it is far easier to tell people what to do then it is to do it. This statement grossly simplifies what leadership and coding is, but the basic premise still stands. Also you should note that the skills needed to gain a leadership position versus actual leadership skills are not congruent. There are many people in leadership positions who are bad leaders yet get unfairly high compensation simply due to their perceived rank. This illustrates another problem in our society. We have a hard time identifying leaders. Leadership is perceived to be a commodity skill but I would argue that many people can do it. How do you know the janitor or garbage man if given the right opportunity can't be a great leader for a fraction of the price of current average CEO salaries? We don't know. But if it were true, then that means leadership is not a commodity skill and therefore not justified to be associated the extravagant compensation that is often paid out to people who possess such said "skills."