Dilbert’s Salary Theorem

Hey, I think the tech people deserve to be paid well.

But as Greek programmer Nick Georgakis reminds me…

Dilbert’s “Salary Theorem” states that “Engineers and scientists can never earn as much as business executives, sales people, accountants and especially liberal arts majors.”

This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical equation based on the following two well known postulates:

Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.   Postulate 2: Time is Money.

As every engineer knows:
        Power = Work / Time

Since Knowledge = Power, then:
        Knowledge = Work / Time

And since Time = Money, then:
        Knowledge = Work / Money

Solving for Money, we get:
        Money = Work / Knowledge

Therefore, as knowledge approaches zero, money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done.