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I would like to see this criteria for 'earned it'. Does working at a non software company count?

• SwellJoe 17y ago
  This question makes no sense to me. I said, "earned it, rather than inherited it", which I think, is both clear in what I mean (the person made the money in their own lifetime through their own skill, luck, or hard work; rather than receiving the money from previous generations) and generic in how they could have made the money (any way that doesn't involve inheriting it from parents). Brin and Page did not have billionaire parents. They earned their billions. The Waltons were born into billions of dollars made by Sam Walton. They inherited it. Not a complicated distinction, and has nothing to do with whether they work on software or not. It was also not a judgment on the character of the people in question. It was a comment on how plausible it is that someone like you or me could become fantastically wealthy through various means. Software seems as good a means as any. That's the conversation I thought we were all having here.
  • Dilpil 17y ago
    The reply was made because there are indeed plenty of rich people who made fortunes outside of software, Sam Walton is a great example.