There is a secondary benefit in that it influenced people like me to save, invest, and work very very hard to get that status. I invested in one YC startup afte

There is a secondary benefit in that it influenced people like me to save, invest, and work very very hard to get that status. I invested in one YC startup after achieving it and that felt like a major personal win. However, the financial goal posts were set 20+ years ago should have been periodically updated for inflation.