I am extremely grateful to my parents who made me feel "well off" despite growing up in the 90' Russia. Only when I got older I found out that often times they

I am extremely grateful to my parents who made me feel "well off" despite growing up in the 90' Russia. Only when I got older I found out that often times they didn't have enough money to buy food. Explains the constant soup from potatoes :-) Good education can do wonders for you though, in my personal experience. Both me and many of my friends went to one of the best schools in the city by the virtue of living next to it. We started learning programming at 12 yo. Now most of my peers who studied there, both from poor and rich families, live abroad having managed to get jobs at good companies.