[maerF0x0]

thinking about, building, and running a business is pretty much the only real future. This may look like becoming an expert and contracting oneself out, or it may look like finding a niche and exploiting it for all the market value it's worth.

Working for someone else has been the "easy" route (mentally) for a long time, and easy things never pay well.

[WJW]

> thinking about, building, and running a business is pretty much the only real future

Much like the GP comment, if more people start their own businesses then expected returns from running your own business will regress to the norm.

[sudosysgen]

I agree this is viable for some people. But it's structurally impossible for a sizeable portion of the population to do it. Our economy needs employees to run. It's not a question of easy/hard.