You're asking whether a person making $400k+ a year, even in a place like SV, with a network of other engineers also making $400k+ a year could branch out and s

You're asking whether a person making $400k+ a year, even in a place like SV, with a network of other engineers also making $400k+ a year could branch out and start their own software business that requires almost $0 overhead because, you know, it's software. Gee, I don't know. I sometimes wonder if people on HN even know what privilege is or how they sound to the entire rest of the world. You think it's typical that people making $7/hr just happen to land a job at Google?