"Every successful engineer I've observed wears socks. Thus, wearing socks is the cause of their success; if you wear socks you will be successful". I hope the

"Every successful engineer I've observed wears socks. Thus, wearing socks is the cause of their success; if you wear socks you will be successful". I hope the logical fallacies are clear when expressed like that. 1) sample size is too small to draw conclusions from. 2) correlation is not causation. 3) even if something is a factor in success it does not follow that it will determine success (necessary but not sufficient). Besides, where did the OP express an interest in cashing out? S/he wants a job that is interesting to them.