There are tons of sex workers that rake in money that even FAANG engineers will never see in 10 lives (e.g OF 'models'). I doubt much of society has any respect for them though.
[1] https://arunatalent.com/blog/how-much-do-onlyfans-creators-m...
Pretty much in the same way that a significant number of people in tech who wants a good paying job looks up to people working for Zuckerberg.