This is inspiring for many reasons. It's crazy that when you pursue a career path there is a whole closed culture defining what success is. You get so caught up in it that you never consider the possibility that creating your own path can be more satisfying and rewarding, and sometimes even in the financial sense. The peer pressure to conform can be intense. I saw that among my friends who were top law students. The most "successful" spent years slaving in the prestigious firms, with no time for family or even time to spend all the money they were making.