A Slave Of Society Or A Free Man? Your Choice

Do you have a dream of graduating a prestigious college in order to have a well-paid job?
Do you have a dream of being a successful man through hard work, finally retire and get to enjoy your life with the money you've earned?
Well, if I'm right, you might not see the full picture. You see? There's a much faster way to achieve this dream, but our society induced the idea that the only way to make money is to work your ass off from 9 to 5, most likely for someone else.

This picture perfectly depicts today's workforce I would say.
I see many people saying that they're successful because they have a well-paid job. But later they argue with their boss for a raise or a small vacation, so they can finally enjoy some time for themselves.
To me, these people are not truly successful, they are people imprisoned by the thing that made them think will set them free. Money.
I can't count how many times my parents were continuously buzzing me to become an IT programmer back in the day, just because they had a substantial salary.
After a while, I finally managed to shut them up by saying the following: "You want me to sit in front of a computer 8 hours a day just so I could get well-paid? Well, think of it this way: Above all these thousands of programmers, there is always a boss that manages to pay the employees so well paid by leading the company. If you want me to make money, why don't you ask me to star a company?"
And from then on, they never told me to become a programmer ever again.
What made me say this, you may ask?
Well, my father is a doctor and my mom was an engineer. Despite the fact that my family earned quite a bit of money, they never had the time to enjoy themselves, they were always constantly stressed by their job.
And then I thought to myself, is this the way of living? Working your ass off for 30/40 years of your life with barely any time for yourself. The only thing set on your mind being to hoard as much money as possible, the only moment when you get to enjoy your life is when you retire, the moment when you can barely walk? Is this the life I want to live?
You see? That's how society made us think that the only way to make money is by joining the workforce.