that's a fascinating point, what figures can be attained by what means, very good distinction. I remember looking at lifetime earnings of software engineers an

that's a fascinating point, what figures can be attained by what means, very good distinction. I remember looking at lifetime earnings of software engineers and tabulating a bunch of generic lifetime gross salaries in general. It's in the millions range for sure but it's not near anywhere in the $100M level. A career lasting 50yr at $50k/yr --> $2.5M gross; $500k/yr --> $25M gross.