[coolestguy]

If it's so easy, why haven't you done it?

[ceejayoz]

Because luck plays a very significant role.

[lijok]

Attributing something to luck sounds like a lazy cop out, sorry. We just had an article on the front page yesterday about “increasing your luck”.

If you need to be lucky in meeting the right people, you can increase your chances by spending your evenings in the your nearest financial district watering hole. We’ve easily established luck can be controlled for, which puts us back into skill territory.

What specifically must one luck out on? Have you tried?

[viraptor]

That and having enough millions in the first place to meet with the right people and get/buy a position helps.

[refurb]

But the dice gets rolled for everyone and clearly success isn’t randomly distributed.

So what does that tell you?

It must be luck plus something else.

[machomaster]

Because most of the people don't want to. Additionally, there is a limit on positions. Only few people will get there. But it doesn't mean that there was a competition based on abilities, that some extraordinary skills are needed, or that many other people would not be as good.