For me it's more of sad realization that what's very hard and requires either skill, talent or both just isn't that well correlated with what earns most money.

For me it's more of sad realization that what's very hard and requires either skill, talent or both just isn't that well correlated with what earns most money. Gotta have enough demand so other competent people interested in same thing won't drive the value down. And I do feel lucky that my set of skills correlates with stuff that pays decently.