I would like to see numbers which would compare the 'normal' IT market from US with the normal IT market from Europe.
No one can beat Companies like Google, MS, Amazon.
Even a company like Facebook which basically does nothing useful earns so much money just because it was the social media platform which was early enough and one.
And with Google and similiar companies having the money year over year to hire the best people puts them even further at the edge.
It is not magic to be market leader in a market as young as it.
I tell you a secret: When you are getting older and still solving the same issues because you are not John Carmack, you might release that cooking is actually quite great.
Its stress reducing in itself and versatile.
Nonetheless i also think its a better strategy to become rich enough fast and then retire earlier to have more time for myself and to cook more and do other normal things myself more often again.
As long as i don't have a realistic chance of getting so rich, that i can buy an island, or/and travel for 20 years firstclass, my life will not change anymore in any significant way with me earning more money.
Like right now in Munich, there is a boom: Google and SAP are building in Munich right now; Apple isincreasing its workforce, Amazon rented new bigger offices and is also already at 2,5k employees and they have a warehouse in munich as well.
This will pull alot of talent away from the small companies and increase the general salary numbers.
And still let people do drugs if they want;