Really? Given you're on this site I imagine you know at least some technical people. And for the most part we're all very well off.

Of the two-dozen or so technical people whose lives I am familiar with, three are doing well (not at all wealthy, just comfortable). Two got there with good jobs, the third gets everything from wealthy parents. The rest live with parents or in dingy apartments in suburbs, with savings so modest as to possibly not even support that lifestyle in old age. We're all in our late 30's to late 40's. They're all smart and went to good colleges.