I Quit a $500K Job at Amazon to Work for Myself (2019)

Is it only me, who think this is kind of cynical? 1M over the past 4 years and a CV that probably gets you back on the track, if everything else fails. Or am I just negative?

I understand his motivations and I second them, I even share kind of share them; but I don't want to read such stories from people earning almost a fortune. I want to know, what people with an average income would do.