The author got incredibly lucky multiple times in ways that are flat out impossible today. This is a shining example of survivorship bias touted as “I did it an

The author got incredibly lucky multiple times in ways that are flat out impossible today. This is a shining example of survivorship bias touted as “I did it and so can you!”. Good for the author - he’s clearly industrious and made smart decisions, but treating this as a guide for anything other than “increase your luck surface and take calculated risks” is not going to help many people.