Every succesful spot on the earth is subject to "survival bias". For each Neymar and Messi there are hundreds of thousands of kids literally killing themselves

Every succesful spot on the earth is subject to "survival bias". For each Neymar and Messi there are hundreds of thousands of kids literally killing themselves trying to be the next football superstar. Most of them are going to fail but the next Neymar will for sure come from this pool. The "self thaught" career is the same, with the difference that a lot more people trying it succeed. But it is still difficult and a lot of people won't.