Rich,middle,and poor is a false trichotomy. Once you hit late 40s to 50s, people won't pay you a high salary for a typical line position. So at that point, yo

Rich,middle,and poor is a false trichotomy. Once you hit late 40s to 50s, people won't pay you a high salary for a typical line position. So at that point, you either continue to work for low wages, possibly being shifted within the company to doing sales on commission, being a trainer, or moved to a low-wage country. Or you are independently wealthy by then.