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Yeah, I understand. Just being a bit of a dickhead.
Numeracy in this country is shocking though and that man is an example. Our school system let him down.
Millions more have below-functional numeracy skills—an estimated 8 million adults and nearly a quarter of the working age population. That means they have numeracy skills below the Entry Level 3 measure, or in other words their skills are equivalent to the level of what's expected of nine year olds.
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As above tax is hard to understand and you are only likely to make the effort to understand it if it’s causing you particular stress.
But it’s unlikely he’d be doing office / clerical .Possibly high personal risk work like oil or something that pays by the amount of jobs you do, ie plumbing / gas etc.
Willing to bet a big chunk of junior to mid devs are equally blinded to be fair. You understand what you need to. Fair, they aren’t earning 80k but by measures they will be intelligent.
Oh and value is contextual.