Re:Privilege and Inequality in Silicon Valley
by rdlecler1 on Saturday January 23, 2016 @11:12AM
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I'm not talking about reflection at all. AS you are going through your life you are very aware of the advantages other may have. When I was going to University I also had to 30 hours a week. While friends from wealthier families could spend their extra efforts studying. In the summer, I couldn't quit my crappy job to take an internship because I needed that job in the fall. And on holidays, while everyone is getting a vacation to decompress and battle burn out, I was working.
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Re:Privilege and Inequality in Silicon Valley
by complexmango on Saturday January 23, 2016 @03:42PM
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Had to work 30 hrs a week? So did I. But I look at that as a major advantage. The experience I acquired as well as the 'adulting' life skills gave me an incredible headstart over my peers, who think I was 'born lucky' to have those skills.