Delay of gratification is worth a fortune. I can walk into a factory and be working full scale in 90 days. An executive needs college plus 20 - 30 years of 60 hour weeks or more. I do sympathize with higher pay for those of us that suffer for ages without reaping the benefits of spending the earnings right away...I have people who work far harder than me and make far more - of them I'm only jealous until I remember the choices they made and the ones I made.

For reference, construction workers have tougher conditions and not nearly the pay. In fact, I think they need more training.