Why are software developers segmented between "rock stars" and "not rock stars"?
A salary estimate search on Simply Hired for "rockstar accountant" yielded no results :-)
A salary estimate search on Simply Hired for "rockstar accountant" yielded no results :-)
Good developers are 10x more productive than average developers.
There are no comparable studies for accountants.
http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-(rockstar+OR+%2...
That's not to say the website's information is accurate or indicative of what people each of these categories actually make.
Salaries probably not a normal distribution, and the real high earners wouldn't be captured by guesses based on mean income. I would rather make the argument that the graphics displayed and information provided are really bad metrics. They are at best confusing, at worst misleading.
Strangely enough, it happened in hospitality just before I left that industry, the term 'Rock star chef' was being used a lot to describe the new wave of chefs who were more interested in getting their profile up so they could get on television rather than actually try and cultivate a decent restaurant. The focus of the business drive shifted massively.
I have a vague theory that it just cycles through industry after industry and it's interesting to try and spot the wave before it occurs.