You seem to be looking for the definitive, objective definition of success. As aomeone that codes for a living, that's understandable. var this_is_success has a definite value.
The reality is it doesn't. It could be any of those things you list or one of many many other things. It'll be different for different people.
Although I think a lot of people think a common measure of success is or should be your bank balance. It's not.
Happiness could be a good measure. But then you have to work out what would really truly define "happiness" for you. Not as easy as it sounds.
Also, you talk about "success" as if its a destination. You get there and - bam - success! But then what do you do with your life?
Forget the destination (there isn't one) and instead focus on the journey. You need to enjoy what you're doing on an ongoing basis.
Then we are giving you the wrong impression. I'm the founder, I'm a programmer. The biggest team we have here are the programmers - not sales, marketing, support - programmers.
It's the way I started dealing. And the way many others I know (both in prison and out) did too. And I'm certainly not middle-class.
I think pleading "necessity" sounds like excusing the actions. It's very very rarely neccesary to have to deal drugs or similar to stay above the poverty line. Especially here in the UK where unemployment benefits are fairly generous. Unless not having the latest pair of Nike Air Max equates to poverty.
It's very true. By far the worse thing inside is the boredom.
When you see it on TV/movies all you see is the drama. You don't see the endless hours of _absolutely.nothing.to.do_
It's mind numbing. So you try to sleep as much as possible to make the time pass
The reality is it doesn't. It could be any of those things you list or one of many many other things. It'll be different for different people.
Although I think a lot of people think a common measure of success is or should be your bank balance. It's not.
Happiness could be a good measure. But then you have to work out what would really truly define "happiness" for you. Not as easy as it sounds.
Also, you talk about "success" as if its a destination. You get there and - bam - success! But then what do you do with your life?
Forget the destination (there isn't one) and instead focus on the journey. You need to enjoy what you're doing on an ongoing basis.