The Salary Theorem
Tip It!Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.
Postulate 2: Time is Money.
As anyone who has had a physics class knows: Power = Work / Time.
And since Knowledge = Power (Postulate 1) and Time = Money (Postulate 2)…
It is therefore true that: Knowledge = Work / Money.
Solving for Money, we get: Money = Work / Knowledge
Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of Work done.
Published on June 12th, 2005 - 4 Comments
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June 13th, 2005 at 1:41 pm
That theorem holds true in my office up to the Associate VP level. Only smart people tend to break though to VP level, so maybe there’s another theorem that takes that into account. :>
June 13th, 2005 at 8:45 pm
Haha, nice theorum. Too bad, in your sparkle of brilliance, you have assured yourself a life of poverty.
September 8th, 2005 at 10:27 pm
I like it.
So what you’re saying is that the less we learn, the more we earn? (No rhyme intended.)
Sometimes it seems like the only thing you really need to know is how to convince people to give you money. Anything beyond that is, well, just fluff…
May 28th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Another way to look at this is the less Knowledge applied, the higher the cost (Money) for the same amount of Work.