Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ...
by jasmer on Friday January 06, 2023 @11:47AM
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"without artificial constraints the only thing stopping you is you."
To be a plumber, yes.
To be a Doctor, kind of.
To be anything really competitive, not really, no.
There is a reason startup and regular CEO's are way over-represented from upper middle class families, and not ultra poor classes.
If you don't grow up playing Golf (expensive), it's highly unlikely you're going to the PGA.
For the poor kids to even fathom they could do something, they need to be exposed to the concept in a material way, on the whole. Obviously it's not always the case but representation 'is a thing'. And of course it can be way overstated in importance in many cases.
To be a plumber, yes.
To be a Doctor, kind of.
To be anything really competitive, not really, no.
There is a reason startup and regular CEO's are way over-represented from upper middle class families, and not ultra poor classes.
If you don't grow up playing Golf (expensive), it's highly unlikely you're going to the PGA.
For the poor kids to even fathom they could do something, they need to be exposed to the concept in a material way, on the whole. Obviously it's not always the case but representation 'is a thing'. And of course it can be way overstated in importance in many cases.