[lucasjung]

I've heard this sentiment phrased much better:

"There are three things that mostly determine how well your life goes: what you're doing, who you're with, and where you are. If you can get two of the three right, you're ahead of 90% of the human race."

Sometimes there are tradeoffs between the three, sometimes not, but it's really, really hard to get all three to line up together.

[danso]

Yes, and I'm sure that's what Jacques meant. Getting each of those qualities on their own can be difficult, but they are not in direct competition with each other. Nitpicky, maybe, but it's an important nuance.

In the limited context of tech jobs and entrepreneur, I don't think it's quite right to tell people that it's not possible to achieve all three. And it may even be counter-productive.