Yeah my mom wound up in that situation via single parenting + other stuff Adopted dad's family is *happily* well-off blue-collar, but she never got comfortable or lost her assumption that she'd eventually be surrounded by teachers/pastors/ineffective local politicians again
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Replying to @selentelechia @MorlockP and
So I was raised with a *lot* of anxiety about appearing tacky or trashy, her aspirations for me involved marrying or becoming a doctor/lawyer whereas dad saw a path like blue collar geek/engineer -> tech/high earning geek to be a very natural and admirable path
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you know it's really funny hearing about attorneys/doctors being seen as high status i guess because I realize I havent thought about them that way for years like "oh you . . . practice one of the Professions--how delightfully quaint!"
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it would be interesting to see your class hierarchy what's higher than atty/doctor? fully vested SV dilettante? me: out-of-sight rich > CEO / exec > doctor/lawyer > middle trades e.g. engineering > mid-low trades e.g. teachers > low trades e.g. carpenters > labor > unemployed
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Yeah, I think that's about right--I have less insight into the lower tiers and their workings High tier tech employees def outstrip the modal doctor at this point, IMO. More agency at work, fewer hours, better pay and better working conditions
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Replying to @eigenrobot @MorlockP and
Also it's an industry where entry and advancement are output-based rather than credentialed but perhaps this doesn't matter to most (Heh This is partly me flexing on doctors) I think I should look at this as a notch within a class rather than, like, a full separate rung, tho
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Hmmm maybe partly true? I seem to get status from affiliation with my zaibatsu
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well anytime you want a referral hmu ^^
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