First paragraph, I agree - you only value the worth of someone else when you need them, and no two people will share that sense of value to the same level, or at the same time. If you've never needed that skill, as you clearly havent for an accountant, then you wont understand the needs of the job nor the relative worth. Some people can see the value in others, you clearly have selective vision in that regard.

The comment you didnt understand is in relation to a little snippet I saw in the administrators report where they mention that they have "unpaid claims for subsistence expenses of £ 1-34" against, IFIRC, "Stadia" and some other trivial claims against some of the other 6 entities in administration. At £ 350 an hour you'd hope they bought their own crisps!

Why are "my skills" such that they demand a higher reward? Don't know, always have been, hopefully for a few more years they will continue to be. No different to lawyers or similar business related professions I guess. Its supply and demand. As the great George Bernard Shaw put it - those that can, do; those that can't, teach