I also found this article confusing. The title seemed to hold some promise but the arguments are random and not well thought. The author seems to say that those

I also found this article confusing. The title seemed to hold some promise but the arguments are random and not well thought. The author seems to say that those who make it and do get rich do so because they have the right pedigree--right school, right connections etc. Nothing could be further from the truth than this. If you make something people find useful, they don't care what college you went to. Conversely if you have the right pedigree--Harvard CS, Stanford MBA, previously successful startup and make something no one wants, they won't use it because of your background. There are examples aplenty!