I’m not a millionaire, but I earn more than almost everyone I know. It’s a matter of where I was born, when, hobbies I fell into, etc. I mean, I grew up poor as hell, undiagnosed ADHD, the whole deal. I was dealt a pretty bad hand, but placed somewhere with so much opportunity that it worked out despite that.
You can frame it a lot of ways. Yes I worked hard, I tried to do my best (and still do!), I just don’t feel self made.
Having said that, I wouldn’t argue that you aren’t self made. You certainly didn’t have everything handed to you, and I’m sure you’re a hard and smart worker.
If anything I’m just cognizant of the person I easily could have been, or the life I could have had, were a few variables to change very slightly.
Being born before/away from computers would have been a disaster for my career potential, I think.
