Everybody who really makes money at some point owns a piece of a product, a business, or some IP.That can be through stock options if you work at a tech company.That’s a fine way to start.But usually, the real wealth is created by starting your own companies or even by investing.In an investment firm, they’re buying equity.These are the routes to wealth.It doesn’t come through the hours.We live in an age of infinite leverage, and the economic rewards for genuine intellectual curiosity have never been higher.Following your genuine intellectual curiosity is a better foundation for a career than following whatever is making money right now.Knowledge only you know or only a small set of people knows is going to come out of your passions and your hobbies, oddly enough.If you have hobbies around your intellectual curiosity, you’re more likely to develop these passions.