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The amount of work done on an object depends on the amount of force exerted on the object and the amount of distance the object moves. Work = Force x Distance According to Newton's Second Law of Motion, the net force on an object is dependent on the mass of the object, and its acceleration during the movement.
Finally, to answer your question, I do know a very small number of engineers making in the range of $1mm or more while still doing mostly software engineering work, so those jobs do exist, but they are either in roles in which they've been ludicrously successful over time, or they've been hand-picked to do something specific for a company that has money to spend.