Perspective

From time to time I have a go at the excessive rewards of bankers, for example at reference 1. So it was interesting to read in the metaview (rather than interview) reported at reference 2, that Zuckerberg's deputy at Facebook earns of the order of $25m a year. While we are not told what it cost to reel in former Deputy Prime Minister Clegg, but maybe of the order of $5m a year. And he gets to live in a reasonably swanky and leafy suburb called Lindenwood, gmaps reference 37.47010173776177, -122.180555002278. In the pecking order, somewhere between the Chase Estate on which we live at Epsom and the houses along Fairoak Lane, very grand and very handy to the electricity sub-station.

Boating in San Francisco Bay a couple of miles to the north east; open ocean, across the hills and rather more miles to the south west.

Continuing to knock bankers, one might say that IT people are at least making something, even if one is not very keen on what it is that they are making. Contrariwise, the well paid end of banking is said to be all about getting the best allocation of capital. Putting the world's resources where you are going to get the biggest bang for your buck. So clearly important, even if the details are a bit unsavoury.

From where I jump to footballers and other celebrity sports people of that sort, another occupational group which attracts rewards out of all proportion to those of most of us. But jump to leave them for another day.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-close-run-thing.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/12/where-elephants-go-to-die.html.