Because a brain surgeon requires a vastly larger amount of money, effort, training, and time to achieve their skill set.

Much less people would spend all of these resources, and time, becoming brain surgeons, if it was as lowly paid as much easier jobs.

> This comes up frequently here when folks balk at Canadian software engineering wages

I mean, ok. But if you don't care about this mismatch, then don't compain when a large amount of engineers in canada flee for better prospects elsewhere. |