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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by asjw on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:44PM (#22505585)
I don't think that is true

Warren Buffet' father was a congressman

Larry Page's father was a professor of computer science at University

Sergey Brin's father was professor of mathematics at University and his mother worked at NASA

these are the first three I looked up and they don't look like low or middle class

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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by ThrowawayR2 on Friday March 06, 2020 @01:09PM (#22505799)
How are professors not middle class, financially? Academia doesn't pay particularly well.
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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by bradlys on Friday March 06, 2020 @01:29PM (#22505965)
Financially - it's possible they're middle class. I've seen plenty of professors making $150k+/yr though... That's 3x the median household income.

But, I think middle class is more than just raw finance. Educational background of the parents is very important too. If you grow up with two professors - don't you think you'll do better than two high school dropouts? (On average)

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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by chinesempire on Friday March 06, 2020 @01:19PM (#22505875)
I wish my father was professor at University.

How is it not upper class?

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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by eanzenberg on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:49PM (#22505624)
Your model breaks down. 99.9999999...% of children of congresspeople, professors and NASA workers are not billionaires.
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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by minikites on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:57PM (#22505687)
It's a "necessary but not sufficient" type of condition.
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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by chinesempire on Friday March 06, 2020 @01:22PM (#22505906)
I think you made some mistakes in your math.

There are 535 Congressmen in USA, 99.99999999% of them is well... 535.

If I find the son of a Congressman that made billions your model will prove wrong

Warren Buffet is one.

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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by eanzenberg on Friday March 06, 2020 @02:15PM (#22506347)
>>99.9999999...% of children of
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Re:Not being an asshole will make you more money by chinesempire on Friday March 06, 2020 @02:28PM (#22506444)
Still one in a billion
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