(NYTIMES) - I know money can't buy you love, but wouldn't it be nice to have enough money to buy whatever else you want? The most likely way to become rich is to try to get into a line of work that's hard to get into, particularly if the people in that profession are the ones setting the rules for entry. For example, if you want to become rich, tech may be a less likely way than you suppose. In 2019, about 2.4 per cent of software developers made it to the top 1 per cent of earners. As economist Jonathan Rothwell points out in his book, A Republic Of Equals, as at 2015, there were nearly eight times as many software developers in the United States as there were dentists, but nearly as many dentists in the top 1 per cent as there were software developers. The odds are also against you if you go into the engineering professions. Just about 2.2 per cent of electrical engineers made it to the top 1 per cent, and just about 3.3 per cent of chemical engineers, and about 0.8 per cent of industrial engineers. The arts aren't so hot either. Even just among people who manage to make a living as an actor, a director or a producer, just about 2.1 per cent made it to the tippy top. What's wrong...