SAME exact experience. I wish I wouldnt have been so driven in my 20s/30s. I made many millions *for other people* -- and as luck would have it, I left several

SAME exact experience. I wish I wouldnt have been so driven in my 20s/30s. I made many millions *for other people* -- and as luck would have it, I left several companies a month or so before big aquisitions. SI spent years as a consultant, where I was brought in to focus on a specific project and get-it-built - so I never got stock in those companies - just had a high paying hourly rate... which obviously life happens, and all the material bullshit I acquired meant nothing and is now all gone and I am pretty minimalist. I worked with a guy once who would work for six months, then take six month off to travel - every single year. That was a good model... Also, I became a manager WAY too early in my career - so I had to focus on people/people-skills, which actually took time away from me going deeper on some of my technical skills/creative interests.