Today all those guys are RICH
I mean, beyond fuck-you money, this is fuck-everyone money. And powerful, in that they can do more or less what they want any given year, and have access to anyone else they need to meet or influence.
Meanwhile, I’m not rich.
It feels like I could have been, if I’d made different choices. But I couldn’t do that any more than I could have sprouted wings.
It’s one of the enduring heartbreaks of my life that I found the Valley so inimical to my values.