<story><title>Redditors who are rich (net worth $1 million+) - how did you get rich?</title><url>http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rqejz/redditors_who_are_rich_net_worth_1_million_how/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dwc</author><text>There&apos;s a sad undercurrent to this, as some redditors respond that they find this depressing. While I understand their plight, I do not understand the sustained pessimism for most of the depressed ones.&lt;p&gt;I went to work right out of high school at menial jobs. No college, no big family business. Paycheck-to-paycheck, and any minor emergency like a dead car battery was a financial crisis. I did not &quot;get lucky&quot; on stocks or anything. While getting rich has not been a focus for me, I decided I definitely did NOT like being poor. Lots of small steps, and staying on the lookout for ways to improve matters has led me to not be poor. I&apos;m not rich but I&apos;m in decent shape and moving in the right direction: no debt except the mortage, which will be payed off soonish; some money in savings, stocks, 401k, etc. I&apos;m living at a decent level and should be able to retire in some comfort. No magic. No big windfalls. This is doable by most of those depressed people.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stevear</author><text>I am really glad someone else has noticed this and feels the same way.&lt;p&gt;This quote from that thread pissed me off all morning: &quot;If you told the common man any time in history other than the baby boomer generation, that the way to get rich was &apos;hard work&apos; and &apos;Budgeting&apos; they would die of laughter.&quot;&lt;p&gt;Every day I feel more and more alienated by the victim mentality on Reddit.  It seems to be the only tangible by-product of the Occupy Wall Street protests.&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t even know why I visit Reddit anymore.</text></comment>
<story><title>Redditors who are rich (net worth $1 million+) - how did you get rich?</title><url>http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rqejz/redditors_who_are_rich_net_worth_1_million_how/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dwc</author><text>There&apos;s a sad undercurrent to this, as some redditors respond that they find this depressing. While I understand their plight, I do not understand the sustained pessimism for most of the depressed ones.&lt;p&gt;I went to work right out of high school at menial jobs. No college, no big family business. Paycheck-to-paycheck, and any minor emergency like a dead car battery was a financial crisis. I did not &quot;get lucky&quot; on stocks or anything. While getting rich has not been a focus for me, I decided I definitely did NOT like being poor. Lots of small steps, and staying on the lookout for ways to improve matters has led me to not be poor. I&apos;m not rich but I&apos;m in decent shape and moving in the right direction: no debt except the mortage, which will be payed off soonish; some money in savings, stocks, 401k, etc. I&apos;m living at a decent level and should be able to retire in some comfort. No magic. No big windfalls. This is doable by most of those depressed people.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mfieldhouse</author><text>To sum up the average discussion about jobs and money on reddit: a victim mentality and belief that we live in the hardest time ever to get a job because of events outside of our control.</text></comment>