I got your meaning from first reading. There's no smugness because your position isn't self-righteously or even voluntarily chosen. You've been thrust into a po

I got your meaning from first reading. There's no smugness because your position isn't self-righteously or even voluntarily chosen. You've been thrust into a position on the side of the river where the flow is slower and therefore less shit drifts in, purely by good/bad luck. I like my IT shit, but my major life joys come from my kids and sports and writing / thinking. If FAANG went poof tomorrow (and maybe be if I was a praying person, I'd pray for this daily) my life joys would be almost entirely unaffected. It's a good perspective.