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> Where are the examples of tech billionaires making it and working to make that possible for all the rest who failed? > Concerns like this are beginning to do
by Denzel 7y ago
> Where are the examples of tech billionaires making it and working to make that possible for all the rest who failed?
> Concerns like this are beginning to dominate my psyche to the point where I'm not sure I want to be in tech anymore.
That’s a part of the problem. People, like you, that consider these questions and would like to make positive a difference, give up.
Because the proposition is an ambiguous long-term play where you could spend a lifetime trying to solve it with little to no results at the end. If these issues are important to you, then wouldn’t it be worth it though?
You’ll have no better opportunity to fix this than by being in the position you’re in now. Which is, an “insider”, that can easily command $100-300K salary+stock that can readily be invested in many of your own ideas and businesses in a bid to ratchet your liquid capital up to >$10M. This capital can then be used to propel you on to >$100M or >$1B or wherever you think is the best point to make a difference in the problems you’re seeing.
You’re only two hops away from making a difference. As opposed to people that are scraping by on $20-60K a year with little to no savings and thus no resources or time to dedicate to more self-actualized pursuits. They’re four to five hops away.
Each hop probably carries 5-7 years worth of effort plus potential risk of ruin.
Point being: don’t give up. Go make a difference in the problems you’re seeing.