No, you clearly should have been making more, which is the other side of the "compensation for jobs that differ should not be mandated to be the same" argument.
Are you saying that "despite performing the exact same job and actually performing it objectively 'better' that they should have made the same money"?
I have software engineers on my team who are literally creating twice as much business [edit to add: value] per year despite being at the same level. (The actual peak to trough ratio is probably higher than that, but it's at least 2x.) Why should they be paid exactly the same or even within 5% of each other?
Are you saying that "despite performing the exact same job and actually performing it objectively 'better' that they should have made the same money"?
I have software engineers on my team who are literally creating twice as much business [edit to add: value] per year despite being at the same level. (The actual peak to trough ratio is probably higher than that, but it's at least 2x.) Why should they be paid exactly the same or even within 5% of each other?