Only if you're passionate about working in a cubicle.  When you examine quality-of-life issues, the middle class looks like a better bet that struggling in vain to get rich in a corporate environment.  Plenty of men are satisfied with making a secure decent wage to provide for themselves.  You only have to worry about serious wealth generation if you have a wife and kids.  And since more and more men are abandoning that lifestyle entirely, being "stuck in a lower middle class" existence that's sufficient to support your interests and modest aspirations beats student loans, stupid day jobs, and the personal sacrifices implicit in corporate dronehood.