No luck needed. It was a series of intentional choices anyone could make if they wished.
I co-run two tech companies in silicon valley, maintain several online communities, organize events, have an active social life, travel a lot, have many tech hobbies, go to shows and events, etc.
I am hardly the amish person people tend to imagine.
FOSS software can work for virtually anyone in the modern world that wants freedom.
> Who has the technical skill to use a command line and/or a build system.
everyone who is able to dedicate some spare time to it
Who has the technical skill to use a command line and/or a build system.
So maybe 5% of the population on a good day.
You can install graphene os on a phone using a USB cable and a web page.
It takes a lot of luck to be able to live in the Bay Area in the first place, and a lot of luck to be able to "co-run two tech companies in Silicon Valley".
If you think this is something anyone can Just Do if they decide to do it, you have fallen pretty hard for a certain kind of capitalist propaganda.