&gt;&gt;Yet its easily possibly possibly to start working towards and move in that direction.<p>This is impossible. One man cannot build and design the 747. The total man hours required exceed several life times.<p>&gt;&gt;Its a symbiosis. But where you want to belong is really upto you. You now have two options a) to work 20 hours a day, be a god programmer, get a job at wall street, make a few millions and retire. b) take life as usual, work 9-5 and be a commoner.<p>It is not a symbiosis. Ask anyone who chose option b.<p>What a coincidence. Everyone who chose option a thinks it&#x27;s a symbiosis, everyone who chose option b doesn&#x27;t. Wonder why. Tell me, in your life, did you happen to choose option a?