Point 1 makes sense, to the degree that it&#x27;s true.  Programmers are typically too far removed from actual transactions to get paid in the way that sales, bankers, real estate agents, etc. are paid.  Thus, measuring what they&#x27;re actually responsible for is difficult.<p>To the extent it can be done at that level of abstraction, I&#x27;d argue that programmers are actually very over-represented in being paid based on hard outcomes.  I haven&#x27;t heard of any other profession with such a focus on equity grants.