> I don't think you get to be a senior engineer or doctor solely because your parents were. True enough. But yet... I'm a senior engineer. My parents were in t

> I don't think you get to be a senior engineer or doctor solely because your parents were. True enough. But yet... I'm a senior engineer. My parents were in the medical profession. I had a lot of help going to school (not all paid for, but I graduated without significant debt). I was encouraged in my study and shielded from a lot of disruptive factors by a stable home life, which in turn is related to the stable financial situation my parents had. I'm not disavowing responsibility -- I worked hard! But I'm also conscious that that happened in an environment that was specifically and consciously tuned (thanks, Mom and Dad!) to enable me to do it.