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It takes over two thirds of the article to get to the actually relevant advice: spend less, invest the difference.

Kissing ass at work might help you but not nearly as much as this two ideas.

It's a prerequisite to having an investable level of wealth though. If you're working minimum wage and you can only invest $10/week, compound interest won't get you anywhere. (Which is one reason why gambling with shitcoins promising 1000x returns is/was so popular.)

Yes sure, some kind of middle class job is worth it. But most of the article it about how to get minor gains inside that middle class job

every minimum wage job is looking for managers who make middle class incomes and then you'll have something. You end up tying yourself to the job, sometimes that means you have to move to a different part of the city or even a different city. But if you go to a different minimum wage job somewhere in your city, you'll find someone who says, yes, I need someone to be a manager.

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