Money is made by solving problems for decision-makers with money. Desire to solve those problems is not enough. You need the skills and knowledge to be able to deliver. To do that, you need training/studying. You also need the decision-maker to choose you specifically. There will normally be others who can solve the problem too. How many others is the key factor in how much you get paid. It is not about you. It is about the supply of problem solvers, and demand for problem-solving. Beyond merit (skills and knowledge), the two other key factors are capital and containers. Capital buys you time to build skills and knowledge. Ideally, you can build while earning, but often there is a trade-off. Time to learn. Time to earn. The container is the barriers to entry that make it worth your while. The container is the “rubber hits the road” way to get paid. You can spend years developing merit, but if there is no container to fit that into a countable “product” where an ask meets an offer, there will be no reward.
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