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> the full value of the work you do > That's kind of an upper bound on what the company could pay you

No. If you have a monopoly on a skill/knowledge/certification/etc, then in theory you can extract rent from the business, potentially up to the profits of the business (well, profits less the returns required to cover risk of capital). The maximum you can earn is far more than the value you create.



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