Associate at MF; how do you justify making significantly less than top resy MLO's?

Top percentile resy MLO's pull in multi million dollars a year and albeit being a slave to their phone and deals, have discretion over their own schedules. The work seems far easier than the work I (investment professionals) do, and I would imagine putting in similar hours in a sales function would result in success.

I'm an associate at a top MF and am increasingly becoming interested in the field.

Any thoughts?

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