if you change jobs despite being in a great environment, aren't you chasing something? if you follow this advice, don't you let the advice control you?

in particular for jobs, if you think that jobs are controlling you (which is not unreasonable) then switching jobs is not helping you to escape that control.

if you don't want to let someone else control your life you need give up your traditional career and become a freelancer. i did that. i had jobs too in between, but only when they helped me advance my own goals.

Yes, it’s contradictory to some degree. On purpose. That’s part of living it.

My “advice” is also US-centric, where I have observed time and again what truly leads to one getting their fair share.

Freelancing is a way to achieve this.