Which, frankly speaking, might not seem fair, but is not necessarily bad. Over the centuries, people were doing things that were not directly useful to the soci

Which, frankly speaking, might not seem fair, but is not necessarily bad. Over the centuries, people were doing things that were not directly useful to the society (like art) only thanks to being sponsored by someone else (who cared - in this case, parents). And even if after 10 years you fail to produce a startup than you can sell,* you are still left with tons of experience that you can use (yes, negative experience counts, too). *) Or bring a positive net result, but this is a bit more difficult.