I've worked with too many people like Garg in the past and will never do so again. "Success" to me is never 100% about the money, even if society tries to convince us otherwise.

Got enough money to eat, keep a roof over your head and love your company? Success

Develop some long-term relationships, discover a new favorite band or two (true story), or work for a CEO who covers the payroll shortage in December with his personal AMEX card and drives around Austin with a bed full of firewood to hand out when the Texas power grid goes down in freezing temperatures? Success

Working for a billionaire CEO who spends his Thanksgiving holiday at the racetrack by himself while having HR lay off 5% of the company just before the holidays to "maximize profits"? Failure