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> Rich kids can afford many throws. True. But the advantage is broader than that. They also have more able networks. Their parents more likely to know someone

> Rich kids can afford many throws. True. But the advantage is broader than that. They also have more able networks. Their parents more likely to know someone who can help who might know someone else who can help. The (support) network matters. But that's not the difference marker. It's WHAT they throw those darts at that matters. True story... A few years ago I attended (as a spectator) a hackathon at Princeton Univ. It was mostly PU teams but there were a handful of outsiders. On day one each team presented their ideas. The team from Rutgers' idea had to do with drinking. An app that figured out the amount of alcohol in your glass or something like that. I honestly don't recall the PU ideas but I know they didn't center around partying. It was then I realized the difference between those two schools. It's not the quality of the education per se. It's WHAT you think about and HOW you think about it. Rich kids are exposed to a way of thinking (and role models) that is 100x more rare in the middle class or below. Sure you can claw up from the middle/bottom but it's 100x easier from the top.

grardb 4y ago
As a Rutgers alumnus who was involved in the scene when college hackathons started really taking off (2009-2013, attended 40+ hackathons), I can say that this anecdote doesn't reflect my experience at all. Had you attended HackRU instead of HackPrinceton, I can guarantee you that the app ideas would be pretty much indistinguishable from those at other universities. As for thinking differently, I can't speak much to that, but I've met quite a number of rich people with average and below-average thinking capabilities.
- chiefalchemist 4y ago
  It's my comment above yours. I went to RU as well so I know what that edu and campus experience is like. I grew up in central NJ so I am familiar with Princeton. I went to public school. I had friends who went to private schools (e.g., Hun). There IS a differnce, and it ain't just income. You're absolutely right. It's a small sample size. Nonetheless the contrast was stark and obvious. Network, environment and role models all matter. They are things a lack of money can't buy.
  - oogali 4y ago
    If you’re open to fielding some questions about the area (and its academics), can you drop me a line at gmail using my username?
- chiefalchemist 4y ago
  To clarify, I'm not talking about IQ. There's no connection between IQ and (financial) success. It's how and what they use what they have. There's a difference been thinking about and having lunch with Aunt X and Uncke Y the successful biz owners and the new Marvel movie and associated video game. There's a difference between being smart about your body (read: food and exercise) and indulgening in anything advertised on TV. Spend a day in Princeton, there is a noticeable lack of excess weight and obesity. Why? Because they think (and act) different.
  - kingboss 4y ago
    Rich people usually control their weight better because they have more money to have better food and perhaps personal cooks/access to better restaurants with better food. They act differently because they are rich. Not because of any sort of bullshit mEnTaLiTy concept.
    - chiefalchemist 4y ago
      It's chicken egg thing. Or at they rich because they act differently? Come on, if you had the money it's 10x easier to "let yourself go", right? Yet how often does that happen? Your thoughts drive your decisions and actions. That's not bullshit. That's life. Suck it up cupcake :)
      - kingboss 4y ago
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grardb 4y ago

As a Rutgers alumnus who was involved in the scene when college hackathons started really taking off (2009-2013, attended 40+ hackathons), I can say that this anecdote doesn't reflect my experience at all. Had you attended HackRU instead of HackPrinceton, I can guarantee you that the app ideas would be pretty much indistinguishable from those at other universities. As for thinking differently, I can't speak much to that, but I've met quite a number of rich people with average and below-average thinking capabilities.

chiefalchemist 4y ago
It's my comment above yours. I went to RU as well so I know what that edu and campus experience is like. I grew up in central NJ so I am familiar with Princeton. I went to public school. I had friends who went to private schools (e.g., Hun). There IS a differnce, and it ain't just income. You're absolutely right. It's a small sample size. Nonetheless the contrast was stark and obvious. Network, environment and role models all matter. They are things a lack of money can't buy.
- oogali 4y ago
  If you’re open to fielding some questions about the area (and its academics), can you drop me a line at gmail using my username?
chiefalchemist 4y ago
To clarify, I'm not talking about IQ. There's no connection between IQ and (financial) success. It's how and what they use what they have. There's a difference been thinking about and having lunch with Aunt X and Uncke Y the successful biz owners and the new Marvel movie and associated video game. There's a difference between being smart about your body (read: food and exercise) and indulgening in anything advertised on TV. Spend a day in Princeton, there is a noticeable lack of excess weight and obesity. Why? Because they think (and act) different.
- kingboss 4y ago
  Rich people usually control their weight better because they have more money to have better food and perhaps personal cooks/access to better restaurants with better food. They act differently because they are rich. Not because of any sort of bullshit mEnTaLiTy concept.
  - chiefalchemist 4y ago
    It's chicken egg thing. Or at they rich because they act differently? Come on, if you had the money it's 10x easier to "let yourself go", right? Yet how often does that happen? Your thoughts drive your decisions and actions. That's not bullshit. That's life. Suck it up cupcake :)
    - kingboss 4y ago
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