If outside in success is what is being measured as succcess (money, nice things, big house(s), etc.), than my experience is that its almost always luck that got someone those things at a young age or without a lot of risk.
Getting hired at a small company that goes on to become a Unicorn or just being in the right place at the right time. Like getting hired a month before a big acquisition are 100% luck. However, starting a company, taking the risks and beating the odds, is not luck, its gumption and timing.
Most of the wealth in "Tech" comes from luck. There are very few Founders who maintain enough ownership to cash out big especially compared all the employees who took the right job at the right time and scored big with options or an exit...
Getting hired at a small company that goes on to become a Unicorn or just being in the right place at the right time. Like getting hired a month before a big acquisition are 100% luck. However, starting a company, taking the risks and beating the odds, is not luck, its gumption and timing.
Most of the wealth in "Tech" comes from luck. There are very few Founders who maintain enough ownership to cash out big especially compared all the employees who took the right job at the right time and scored big with options or an exit...