A pyramid, yes - but not what people use the word for usually. I'd rather say it takes a pyramid of efforts before you reach success in your field. I am sifting through quotes because of a project of my own and I found something well said by a person who is famous for saying things well:
'Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.'
― Stephen King
So with any platform. I think I'll take the time to write some very lengthy post about effort and the get-rich-quick scheme that everybody is warned against, still a lot do fall for.
Most people want the peak without building the base. What they fail to realise is that the base is not only where all the work is done, it is where the least amount of return is received. It doesn't matter what the skill is, the foundation takes, time, effort, perseverance and a lot of failure; which is why so few make it to the summit.