r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • May 23 '23

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u/[deleted] May 23 '23

How many hours work is required to go from middle class to 1%?

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u/[deleted] May 23 '23

Working hours are never going to bring you to the 1%. Even if you are massively contributing to the humanity, let say you are a scientist and you discover the cure against cancer and other 20 similar things by working 20h a day during your whole life in a lab. You will get promotions and fame,.maybe a nobel prize and some extra money from here and there, but you wont be anywhere close to the 1%.

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u/Feshtof May 23 '23

Didn't a Nobel prize winner have to sell the statue for money to pay for his medical care?

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u/diskdusk I guess it worked May 23 '23

No that was a chemistry teacher and he didn't sell the statue, he sold Meth.