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Aug. 1st, 2006 07:02 pmDilbert is odd today. Well, odder. There are times when I think Scott Adams is spot on, and there are others where I'm just not sure what he's thinking.
The key quote is, "Are you aware that all jobs require you to do things you'd rather not do? That's why they have to pay you."
I see his basic point, but by this logic salaries should be directly proportional to the degree people won't do a job. That is, the more resistant people are to doing a job, the more an employer would have to pay, and vice versa.
In my observation, it's directly the opposite. Janitors aren't paid a whole heckuva lot. Overrated players for overrated baseball teams are paid truckloads of cash. And the whole gamut in-between, of course.
Mr. Adams himself is a cartoonist, andan electrical engineer "...a project manager and pseudo-engineer." He's been fairly well compensated on both paths, near as I can tell. Was that truly because those two jobs are so unattractive?
The key quote is, "Are you aware that all jobs require you to do things you'd rather not do? That's why they have to pay you."
I see his basic point, but by this logic salaries should be directly proportional to the degree people won't do a job. That is, the more resistant people are to doing a job, the more an employer would have to pay, and vice versa.
In my observation, it's directly the opposite. Janitors aren't paid a whole heckuva lot. Overrated players for overrated baseball teams are paid truckloads of cash. And the whole gamut in-between, of course.
Mr. Adams himself is a cartoonist, and
