I get that, especially for enterprise/B2B businesses. What kills me is that CTOs get paid less than every other major position, too. How can engineers be "more valuable than money" [1] but are the lowest paid in the executive rung?

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/companies-worry-more-about-a...

Why would it? Sales VP for most companies is the reason the company would get more funding or die out.

Not really surprising that sales people can sell themselves better than engineers.

Senior Directors on the other hand...