Say what you will, but who would you rather have take out your appendix? The doctor who worked nights and weekends to put him/herself through medical school because it was the love of their life and their dream to help people?... or the guy/gal who only chose the same career path for the money?
Both are probably just as qualified because of standards.
Also, those in it for the money have to do extremely well to earn that money. They can't just hand waive stuff regarding surgery.
Exactly. For someone to call themself a doctor, they had to at least go to medical school and pass the board exam. Even the worst lawyer passed the bar. Anyone who is a pilot has passed their FAA examination and check ride. Yet, anyone can call themself a “Software Engineer” with zero formal qualification and zero evidence of passing even a basic competence hurdle.
It seems pretty weird to have to argue the point that just like anything else in this life, doctors, lawyers, mechanics, cheese, wine, and toilet paper, there are good quality and bad quality... you get what you pay for, etc... why would this be any different?
I want the person who is going to do the best job. Hiring is hard because there are few reliable proxies for knowing that in advance. It's not as simple as "who worked the hardest to get here?"
How can you tell the difference between products/services made by someone who makes said things out of the sheer love of making them vs. someone who only makes said things when compensated properly?
I assure you that there are many things myself and others do well, some of which we like doing more than others, that we're absolutely not going to do if someone isn't paying me for it. Frankly it's one of the things that defines a professional--getting tasks done even when it becomes a slog or you're just not that into it.
