[fsckboy]

> "in general" you get paid by how hard it is to find someone qualified to do the job

weighted by how much people are willing to pay for the work product you create

It's probably really hard to find glassblowers these days. But, people don't want to buy that much handblown glass either.

(and before anybody says "I'd love to drink water out of hand blown glass!", remember opportunity costs: training glassblowers is probably straightforward but the projected value of their work does not support training them to blow glass considering they could train to do something in higher demand, so these potential glassblowers would want a high enough wage that you'd still settle for getting your drinking water glasses from Target)