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Old 02-02-2014, 12:27 AM
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why do outdated stuffs. nowadays if you sell 999-in-one fax printer machines, or operate a Brother or Xerox, all you do is to sell to corporates at a marked up price, provide quality service, you could even earn more than those bankers while sitting around waiting for orders to come in.

you can succeed in any industry if you do well. even hawkers can drive bmw and own condos.
That's for sure. But if one wants to maximize his chances, it's best to enter an industry where the median and mean and upper quartile are all higher than other sectors.

It's easy to argue that if one is the best in any field in future, the big money will follow. But why isn't he already the best in his current field? -- if he's a student, he should already be in MIT or Harvard and getting numerous academic awards, right? Moreover, academic achievements are arguably the least dependent on luck, so if he's really good, it should already show in his academic achievements.
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