> that kind of rapid wealth acquisition isn't skill based.
This is just nonsense and reflects a desire to dismiss the capabilities and accomplishments of others because they don't reflect your self-pitying worldview.
Chances are that the above poster did something you're unable or unwilling to do -- and the difference in outcomes is reflective of that.
The unfortunate truth of our modern economy is that skills are neither necessary nor sufficient for the outcome described. They may have been the deciding factor in this case, as may the hours worked, but calling that shot in advance is not trivial.
This is just nonsense and reflects a desire to dismiss the capabilities and accomplishments of others because they don't reflect your self-pitying worldview.
Chances are that the above poster did something you're unable or unwilling to do -- and the difference in outcomes is reflective of that.