If there are two people in your hometown,

One is a programmer with an annual salary of 300,000, and the other is a clerk at the Provincial Party Committee Office.
Everyone admires and respects those working in the office, regardless of whether they earn 300,000 or 500,000 a year.
When you work your way up to a department-level official or a local government leader, by the end of the year, people will visit your home to offer condolences.
Meanwhile, a programmer might have to go around government offices begging for stamps to get a single document approved.
Civil servants are considered superior to small business owners doing ordinary jobs.
Although this statement is quite snobbish, would you criticize me if I posted it online?
But when you meet certain people in real life, and someone says they are a civil servant, you might feel a subtle change in your mindset.
Even if you consider ordinary people to be white-collar workers in big cities earning over ten thousand a month,
civil servants in fifth-tier cities are still considered a notch above.
Not to mention delivery drivers, couriers, service staff, ride-hailing drivers, or screwdrivers.