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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's silly to pretend that only wealthy people use their contacts to help their kids. That is completely not true. [/quote]

True, but the access those contacts have and the ability the contacts have to get their kids a leg up, etc is wildly different. I did not grow up 'poor' but lower-middle class (blue collar). I'll never forget when the Career Services Office at my SLAC (because I was a smart cookie and got financial aid) suggested I network with my parents' friends for jobs. Probably a common suggestion they make -- and likely to pay off if your parents' friends work in places where you, a new college grad, want to work.

I looked at her blankly and told her that my father's best friend was a lobsterman. His other friends were plumbers, sheet metal people, etc. They did not work anywhere I wanted to work. So, as much as my parents may have wanted to help me get ahead in my career, they couldn't.

Their contacts were of zero use to me.

In contrast, my upper middle class husband found his first job post-college, in his preferred field, through a long-time contact of his father.

That's the difference.

Get it now? [/quote]

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