Do all your friends have their job riding on a medical check up every six months? Do all you friends spend 15 or more nights away from home every month? Did all your friends pay six figures for training beyond a four year degree or spend eight or more years in the military just to get the opportunity to apply for a low paying job that MIGHT lead to this high paying job? Are any of them literally responsible for the lives of hundreds of people EVERY time they go to work? I hang out with mostly doctors and entrepreneurs. They do work longer hours in general. They make more money than me too. So what? They are home every weekend and holiday as well as every night. That is the profession they chose with the benefits and drawbacks that come with it. I know some ditch diggers that work long back breaking hours. Does that mean they should get more pay than me? Than a doctor? I think a fair metric for our pay is how it measures up historically to the same job. Apparently you disagree. Continue the self flagellation.