Don’t talk about “progress” in terms of longevity, safety, or comfort before comparing zoo animals to those in the wilderness. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In a long career, I've (almost) never seen anyone get rich while employed (via bonuses/stock options, as w/bankers, CEOs, & rich slaves), & subsequently also make money on their own, in self employment. If you can't make it on your own, it's.

You can tell how poor someone feels by the number of times he references “money” in his conversation.

at any point in time, the richest traders are often the worst traders. This, I will call the cross-sectional problem: At a given time in the market, the most successful traders are likely to be those that are best fit to the latest cycle. This does not happen too often with dentists or pianists — because these professions are more immune to randomness.