This is why I basically decided entrepreneurship was going to be my shot at 'greatness'. You basically need ~7 years (at best) to get into management at a big

This is why I basically decided entrepreneurship was going to be my shot at 'greatness'. You basically need ~7 years (at best) to get into management at a big company. After that, so much is luck/politics/seniority based. As someone who has always been a top performer(in school, in wages, in professional achievements), I don't want to put all my eggs in 1 corporate basket. I make more money than managers being contract, I am never worried about unemployment, and what were my odds of making 1M per year at some large company? There are a lot of talented people competing for those positions. Doing the numbers, I can create ~1M per year in value and I don't even need to be a manager. It seems being a programmer in a high value niche seems more certain than hoping your card gets called.