And then, if it works out, they tell you that you "got lucky".

No, I just have bigger balls than you do and I'm more inquisitive than you are. You could have made the same choice, but you didn't. The End. 

 yeah, and i got plenty of stories of landing on my face, one time nearly killed me 

 Same. 🤝 

Well, oh well. No risk, no fun, and YOLO.