alt Hacker NewsBut have you been inside the old money, prep school world? It is absolutely about connections and getting into the system for the most part. The meritocracy bootstrap stuff is life coaching fluff to keep us in the middle grinding.
But have you been inside the old money, prep school world? It is absolutely about connections and getting into the system for the most part. The meritocracy bootstrap stuff is life coaching fluff to keep us in the middle grinding.
I've long thought the bootstrap stuff was a partial scam. There is so much information inside people's heads about how to successfully start a business. In some industries, with the right contacts, they can tell you exactly what to build, how to price it, how to do go to market.
Meanwhile, you could spend years grinding for nothing without the above information