I’ve done both, and I disagree with you. You are always working for someone else, either a client or a boss. Investment is not work.

Need money to live. Maybe you get it directly from customers, or more likely from investors, or indirectly through an employer. The adult part is being able to choose and change where the money comes from.

This is a pretty hot take and full of self agrandisement. I bet you think you're pretty hot stuff.