Re:Three Paths in the Tech Industry: Founder, Executive, or ...
by leeoniya on Thursday September 28, 2017 @03:11PM
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we were very typical or below in terms of income. the difference is that my parents chose to risk everything we had for a narrow window of opportunity that was nowhere near 100% guaranteed. our friends and neighbors were not prepared to do the same.
Right there, there was enough wealth that you ultimately transferred for what was far better prospects in the US than in Russia. This was probably a very smart move that others with much less means from Russia might have had a very difficult time even leaving their country for the US in the first place.