Not too long ago I read a thing I ruminate on every now and then:

    I love getting paid, do whatever you can do to get paid, but do not 
    let the money whisper to you that you are worth it, it will be 
    lying and you will believe it.

But that's just wankery over "deserving". I can still say good on them for getting theirs in an f-you-I-got-mine world.