> They're each contributing the same: one person's worth of work.
You're talking about effort and he's talking about value, which are quite different metrics.
A programmer uses a crazy work multiplier known as a computer to affect, potentially, millions or even billions of lives (in the cases of Google or Facebook).
A janitor cleans a small area and generally won't affect as much, in addition to being more easily replaceable due to being unskilled labor that does not require all that training.
For what it's worth, I say that having worked jobs not far removed from janitor.
You're talking about effort and he's talking about value, which are quite different metrics.
A programmer uses a crazy work multiplier known as a computer to affect, potentially, millions or even billions of lives (in the cases of Google or Facebook).
A janitor cleans a small area and generally won't affect as much, in addition to being more easily replaceable due to being unskilled labor that does not require all that training.
For what it's worth, I say that having worked jobs not far removed from janitor.