Do you have a better metric in which we all can compare ourselves by? Because I know that the first thing everyone asks each other when they first meet is "what do you do?" If work doesn't matter, why does everyone ask each other that question?
Why do we need to compare ourselves based on work? When I ask people what they do it's a general question. I am data scientist yet my friends are auto mechanics, in sales, teachers, work in the veterans department at colleges etc... We don't compare ourselves based on our occupation.