[dirtybirdnj]

Your replies make a lot of sense, and it's an interesting contrast with some of the other negative experiences in the comments.

Can you think of anything in particular that you did that helped you get ahead of any of these "out of your control" type disruptions that seem to derail and upend other peoples careers? I don't want to talk about dumb luck... maybe it's soft skills?

Or maybe it was it just dumb luck? Being in good places at the right time consistently in your career? I want to believe there's more than that but also sometimes life is unexplainable and that's also a valid but unfulfilling answer to these kinds of broadly too-vague questions.

I am trying to move past the knee-jerk resentment I feel for folks that have been successful. I want to understand what they have done differently from myself so I can try to better align myself with people and society.

Really appreciate the comments, thanks