To those of you that come from a lower to lower-middle class background: Do you feel like your perspective and job outlook differs from your colleagues who come from more privileged backgrounds?

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For sure. I put up with less bullshit and I'm in general less afraid because I've been told I could never get here but managed to anyways - I'd like to think it's skill but it's probably sheer luck. My colleagues from more privileged backgrounds are definitely more scared to speak up since they've gotten where they are following a set path where all they had to do was pass the goalposts

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Agree with MS1 - feel like I'm playing with house money at this point. Don't feel like I have any standards to live up to except my own. Family is proud of me, it's all upside. And it's a funny thing: the less fucks you give, the better you perform.

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Never had a "legacy" to live up to but I had overly attentive parents when I was a responsible kid. Butted heads a lot and now we aren't very close.

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Lucky you!!!

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Legitimate question - what's it like to have overbearing parents? Or ones that have some sort of "legacy" that they expect you to live up to?

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Sorry to hear that MS2. Bummer.

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