[avip]

I'm pretty surprised to read this. I did not observe any statistically significant correlation between "creating value" and "compensation". The examples are so overwhelming I feel it's on the OP to exemplify his rather false assertion:

  - Big corps pay loads of cash to research centers that provide exactly zero value to customer.
  - If you don't man up and negotiate no one will bump your compensation just because you're "creating value"
  - Creation of value is so vague a term it's practically meaningless

This goes on and on.

[zzzcpan]

There is no correlation between creating value and compensation, as compensation is set by a job market, where companies compete for workers with each other. It really doesn't matter how much value is created as long as the worker doesn't have a better choice.

[throwawayjava]

"Who's the real customer?" often has a non-obvious answer.