[hippee-lee]

I'm not sure what the moral of you story is?

Is it not possible that you can spend all your money/time/effort chasing a lotto ticket and never have the winning numbers or even numbers that can support you when you get a curveball in life? Is it not possible that your opinions or your life circumstances could change enough that you need something more than a lotto ticket?

[JoeAltmaier]

Moral: its possible to live a life just as comfortably 'pursuing the lottery ticket' as in a corporate job. You call it a lotto ticket; I call it my job. Sail on, compadre, sail on.

[hippee-lee]

I don't sail, but I do surf in the rain. So i'll do that ;-)

I would just hate for someone in their early 20's to not even consider all their alternatives. There is quite an intense sentiment online that corporate life is a dead end. I left the corporate world almost 10 years ago and am on my 5th start-up I guess, I'm not sure how to judge them any more but my 'career' is the high risk / higher reward whilst my wives is the aggressive mutual fund to use a poor analogy. When I had a health issue several years ago, without her insurance it would have been devastating and none of the start ups I have worked at since leaving BigCo have had health insurance that would have helped.

My point in carrying on in this discussion is that one should carefully consider all the possible outcomes and adjust plans accordingly. And selling the next generation on the defacto certainty that if they keep trying to start up they will be ok is a dis-service to them just because it works for you.

Anyway, I said what I said and now i'll go to the beach even though its not raining.