• RBWells@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Ha!

    I went from #3 in the 80s to #4, then to #1 in the mid 1990s.

    I don’t think it matters where you start, what bothers me so much more is the lack of opportunity to move up this chart now. I knew, in my heart, that if I sold out and worked someplace evil I could have the big money, and what’s more, even without doing evil I could have the small money by following the steps - go to school, get a job.

    I don’t feel like younger people have that. It always took some degree of luck, but more like bad luck would set you back. Now it’s more like you need good luck just to get started!