Yes, that's one of the bigger draws - that your opportunities and compensation are fairly closely correlated with your achievements.

There's still wonkery like facetime and being one of the guys, but compared to many other areas it's pretty good.

How the money is earned is a separate issue.

There are two kinds of jobs. Pay based on time, and pay based on transaction. Sales, mergers and acquisitions, medical malpractice lawyers, those kinds of jobs tend to be paid in proportion to the size of the transaction.