oswald42

These options are not mutually exclusive as you imply. And certainly a guy with a Glock will be very happy if you only optimise for the shovel route.

Perhaps for you, but perhaps you also have a massive chip on your shoulder

Yes, let’s ignore he became a successful star first. That was obviously just handed to him. Success breeds success only if you have some actual ability. Otherwise he’d be a one hit wonder. At one point he really only did have as much as anyone on HN, and probably even less.