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I don't think this is absurdly reductionist. As someone born in a poor country, my family's income was barely $2000 per year. Even allowing for a conversion fac
by parennoob 10y ago
I don't think this is absurdly reductionist. As someone born in a poor country, my family's income was barely $2000 per year. Even allowing for a conversion factor of 10 while going to the USA, that is less than half of 50k.
So it might be worth mentioning that this young man has a lot of advantages merely by being born in an average household in a first world country, and being located close enough to Princeton so he could talk to professors there, etc. That should not detract from his achievements, but maybe it can help put them in some kind of perspective.
- wueiued 10y agoDont waste your time. We have our white/male privilege, and that is golden ticket on its own. Btw my father paid whopping $60/month child support for 5 children.
- dang 10y agoIt sounds like you've faced some major challenges. That's something we can all respect. But please don't channel that experience into resentment-filled comments on Hacker News. You make the discussion and the community worse when you do so. Instead, find a way to share your experience that does it justice in its own right. That would be more constructive, more interesting, and more dignified.