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New submitter accet87 writes "We are celebrating the Silver Jubilee of our graduation next month and have come up with an idea where we will build an air-tight chest in which each of us will deposit something and will open the chest only on our Golden Jubilee, i.e. after another 25 years. I want to understand what kind of items can be safely stored for 25 years and what kind of precautions are required to be taken. I am sure things like paper, non-ferrous metallic objects, wood, etc., will hold up well. What about data storage electronically? I don't think CD/DVDs, etc., will be usable. Even if the data is retained, reading it in 2037 may be a challenge."
I had a tiny tupperware container (about 1/4 cup) that I had brought milk to school for some science thing (circa 4th grade). I never took it home and never cleaned it out, but it came in handy for giving people a big olfactory surprise. Kept it in my school bag for about two years, by which time the odor had faded quite a bit.
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Wages are based on specific conditions and according to well mapped out and set by local conditions and of course policy. But, ignoring the worker's salary for the moment and answering your question:
As a general rule, there are 3 factors which go into determining the salary for specific specialist jobs. These are:
1) Personal Life Risk
2) Specialist Education or Role Requirements
3) Role Impact
If a job falls into one of these categories then the pay scale is set at a minimum bar. Two.. and it goes up? All 3? Jackpot.. you will be rolling in money.. but would you want the job? Let's examine this..
Point 1 is Personal Risk to your Life. An example here is: deep earth miner. People need to be paid additional money to perform this job due to the danger involved. Call it Hazard Pay if you like.
Point 2 is Specialist Education or Requirements for the role. A university professor is a good example of this. You can't get the job without spending a lot of your life (time) and money and energy into building the knowledge required to do the job. So, you get paid more to compensate your demonstrated worth.. as the role of 'University lecturer' can only be awarded to someone with a specific level of education and certification.
Point 3 involves how much impact your role has. Let's use 'Nurse' here as an example. When a nurse interacts with a patient they can affect that persons Lufe or Quality of life. This involves stress. Coincidently, it also touches on point 2 (ignore that for the moment). Take from this point that the more Impact your job/role is .. then the more stress and other negative factors are involved and hence you are compensated for that.
Now comes the interesting part. If you have a profession which combines any of the above points, or rates highly in them, then you get paid more.
Doctor is a good example of combining point 2 and point 3. Some doctors train for the better part of a decade to become qualified. Add to that the impact a doctor can have on their patients - literally life and death - and watch the potential salary rise. Difference between a GP and a specialist, say a gyno, is less about the pay (the GP does not earn as much as a specialise, generally) but more about how hard the job is, the effect the job has on the person and how much damage can occur if they screw up.
Now, your question is why a Business Owner may be paid a lot more than an average worker. Let's use the above rules to work this out, as a start.
Point 1: No, being a CEO doesn't generally involve personal risk. However, there could be a case for saying here that if the CEO makes a big enough mistake then they may lost *everything* (in this case, everything means their house, life savings, credibility, ability to get another job..)
Point 2: Yes, being a CEO (generally) requires either specific knowledge or role requires. In most cases, to the highest level possible. It is possible to be a CEO and clueless.. but in that case the board is running the show not the CEO so this is a fringe case
Point 3: Impact. This really is where a CEO can justify their wage. The CEO may only make 5 or 6 big decisions a year, but one of those decisions could be the difference between the company being profitable that year and the company going into receivership. These types of decisions include business partnerships, large scale investments, company direction, etc. An example of this is that when the Internet was flourishing Microsoft decided to ignore it.. someone, probably a CIO or CEO, made this decision. Look what it cost them. The impact of management of this level can be catastrophic and could result in hundreds or thousands of people losing their jobs, or the company going under. It is very stressful. It can destroy your life (socially, personally, eat your time, sap your energy, etc).
Add turnover to this and you are in for a shocker. These people, CEO and CIO etc, run the company, set the company di