02-06-2004, 08:51 PM
"Why do we value (based on salary) engineers or sales people, higher than say teachers, or scientists."
For the most part, Engineers and Sales People's salaries aren't payed by our taxes. Teachers' salaries are. ;)
And, for the record, sales people have HORRIBLE "salaries". In fact, "sales" and "salary" don't even go together. It's an oxymoron. If you're in Sales, you're not on salary. If you're on salary, and in the Sales world, you're a manager. And often you make less as a manager than as a salesman! Go figure! (Commission-based sales only, mind you, unless you count over-time, which managers don't get.)
And, for the record, I share your pondering. :)
For the most part, Engineers and Sales People's salaries aren't payed by our taxes. Teachers' salaries are. ;)
And, for the record, sales people have HORRIBLE "salaries". In fact, "sales" and "salary" don't even go together. It's an oxymoron. If you're in Sales, you're not on salary. If you're on salary, and in the Sales world, you're a manager. And often you make less as a manager than as a salesman! Go figure! (Commission-based sales only, mind you, unless you count over-time, which managers don't get.)
And, for the record, I share your pondering. :)
Roland *The Gunslinger*