To get paid well, in simple terms, need (1) luck, (2) a bubble of some kind, (3) someone with more money than brains, or, (4) finally, (A) to deliver some econ

To get paid well, in simple terms, need (1) luck, (2) a bubble of some kind, (3) someone with more money than brains, or, (4) finally, (A) to deliver some economic value that (B) can be seen by someone with money. Taking (4), a bottleneck here is part (B). So, there is something better -- (5) with (A) deliver some economic value that (B) a lot of people with time and/or money can see. That is, with (5) do a startup and own and run the business that delivers your (A) economic value. Then to heck with finding (A) just some one person to give you a job with good financial security and, instead, (B) find a lot of people, say, on the Internet each of whom give you a little time and/or money. From one person, it' a lot easier to get a little time and money than a lot. And it's a lot more stable to be getting the time and/or money from many people instead of just one. If you have some good economic value, then hopefully you can cut out the middle man of your boss, his boss, his CEO, his BOD, their HR department, sales department, marketing department, legal department, etc. and deliver the value fairly directly yourself.