Moreover, Carnegie acquired a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad as the assistant and telegrapher to Thomas Scott, one of the railroad’s top officials. Through this experience, he learned about the railroad …show more content…
He noticed that his investment, particularly those in oil brought in generous earnings. By 1863, he was making more than $45,000 a year from all his investments. By the next decade, most of Carnegie’s time was committed to the steel industry. His business became known as the Carnegie steel company. He was able to manufactured steel easier, faster and more productive since he owned all the materials he needed. Moreover, Carnegie became the dominant force in the industry and an extremely prosperous man. Andrew Carnegie was certainly in the right place, at the right time however, he did not get rich because he was lucky. Carnegie was a hardworking man that never gave up. He started from the bottom to become one of the richest man in the world with little education. He understood that it was the contacts he made and the information he derived from the association that made everything