That's absolutely true, but the pizza doesn't represent success, it represents taking initiative and knowing when to step up to an opportunity. The folks I kno

That's absolutely true, but the pizza doesn't represent success, it represents taking initiative and knowing when to step up to an opportunity. The folks I know who went to Berklee didn't want an industry job, they wanted to be musicians. About half of them are working in the field, others went on to do other things. No one is "nowhere", and they're all happy, modulo normal first world surface noise. Anyway, don't forget: we're all privileged in some set of ways. I agree that Derek was in the right place at the right time, but so were a lot of other people. I think everyone is, sometimes, but we don't always recognize it and act on it. I think that was his message.