> If getting rich is your priority, become an investment banker
People keep saying this, but it's a whole different category of thing than "become a programmer". You can't start with no particular skills and no education, work hard at learning for three months, and get a job as an investment banker (or, if it's possible, it's not so easy as to be a common route to investment banking, like it is for programming).
Being an investment banker requires knowing people; being a top programmer only requires knowing stuff.
People keep saying this, but it's a whole different category of thing than "become a programmer". You can't start with no particular skills and no education, work hard at learning for three months, and get a job as an investment banker (or, if it's possible, it's not so easy as to be a common route to investment banking, like it is for programming).
Being an investment banker requires knowing people; being a top programmer only requires knowing stuff.