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For a lot of people starting their careers, this is probably close to the truth. For people like me (I’ve got all of those besides the pets, unless you consider fish), well… Yeah, you might want to consider a different path.

Rich kids, you mean. The rest are working through college, if they're even bothering to go to college at this point.

People who make $200k+ annually commonly continue working to build their skills outside of work.

Medical, Legal, Accounting, and other professions including various categories of engineer.

This is part of a knowledge work career-- staying up to date with new knowledge and incorporating it.

5-15 hours per month really ain't so bad.

Please see my response to pipes above