As someone who grew up lower middle class to poor, with parents that struggled to put food on the table for a great many years, and who dropped out of an abysmal highschool to go full time into tech at 16 - and is now in stealth mode founding a startup - while what you are saying is OFTEN true, it is never ALWAYS true.

The things I got from my parents are things many people have had - some of which; such as help buying a terrible beat up old ‘78 Dodge Van to move states to my first real job, or a relentless drive to get better, to DO better, a great many people have had. I’ve also been lucky to get into the industry when someone motivated but without credentials could get started.

I’ve had zero money from them since I started working at 16, and before that it was a minimal allowance I earned through hard work with chores. I earned the $200 to buy my first computer digging holes and repairing fences.

Don’t buy into the myth it’s not possible. It’s self defeating. Also, don’t buy into the myth it’s easy for anyone - even those from money. It will test you like nothing else will, and I’be done enough hard things over the year to know