Yes, if you want career and money, playing go is not at all the easiest way to achieve it. I know several professional players personally, they don't seem less

Yes, if you want career and money, playing go is not at all the easiest way to achieve it. I know several professional players personally, they don't seem less happy then the programmers (and yes, some are also programmers on the side to pay the bills, because as you write, yes, 1/5 the effort to make 5 times as much).