Its all about basics

Few days ago we were trying to commission a very high profile gas compressor. Its components costs a couple of times the amount a person would have earned after answering fifteen questions to BigB in kbc, leave alone the total cost of the equipment. Moreover, its costliest component is so delicate that a moment of silliness or a few seconds of inaction after emergency situations could render it useless and cause irreparable damage. Considering the potential losses a silly mistake could cause the task of the start-up should be entrusted to an experienced professional who is totally converse with the system. Hence specialized professionals were flown in from different places to ensure successful startup of the equipment and we did witness a successful startup. Being a part of this operation I very well understand the skill set required for such a highly specialized job and also the fact the how rare are the people possessing those. Now the thought which stirred my mind was, why is it that the people who possess such rare skills and are capable of doing such specialized jobs dont have a market value which can do justice to the talent they have??

Well, after a lot of thinking this is what I could finally settle on. Yes, it is true that these people possess rare skills and such people are very few in number but there are even fewer number of people who could employ there skills. Such rare skills are used in rare places only. A better way of understanding it would be : the supply after all has to be equal to the demand. And this is not just true for this case, it is applicable everywhere and that why the people refer to it as the "basics". If you can understand the basics, you can rule the world !