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Is that the market really breaking down at the edges, or fitting perfectly?

I your examples of the video game programmers being paid less, it is because their compensation is in two parts: the money and the pleasure, astisfaction of passion, & the prestige of working on video games. In contrast, working on a CRM project has no other pleasures nor prestige, so those companies must may more dollars.

Seems the difference in [pleasure, passion, & prestige] could even be quantifiable by measuring the paycheck differences?