In our country, this is the most common tradition or belief. While we're young, we were taught to study hard and finish schooling, and get a stable job. Because once we have already acquired a stable job, we will start earning and improve our lives. And create consistent progress, until we end up getting rich and enjoy the best things in life.
This is not limited to your country. Every developping society in the modern era built a social consciousness that getting a fixed income job is the key to modern life after getting rid of hard labor works in farms. While the truth is that we changed agricilture work by factory employments plus governamental jobs when rulers tried to build a modern state by just focusing on education and modernization of administration.