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[quote=Anonymous]I admit to still believing that the nerds will inherit the earth, but agree with previous posters that a lot of it is about confidence, social skill, luck, and money.  I was a serious nerd in H.S. but not the bottom of the pile.  I got teased a lot all through school, through much of high school, and although it hurt I always knew the kids teasing me were idiots.  I was a lot smarter than the kids around me and I was also super sensitive and a bit tone deaf socially as a younger kid.  But I had a good circle of friends by the end of senior year in high school and we all stayed in touch through college.

To the extent I'm successful now, I think it's because I worked my ass off (and came from a solid upper middle class household) and got into an Ivy League college, where I also worked my ass off and got into a top law school, where I also worked my ass off.  When I was making a lot of money I saved and invested.  I'm married to a deeply nerdy man who is even smarter than I am, and who shares my values and my outlook on life.  We are very happy together.  We are comfortable financially (probably rich by most people's standards but middle of the pack in our part of Montgomery County).  Our kids are smart, and nerdy, but a lot better adjusted than we were, not least because around here it's cool to be smart.

In my view, part of what it means to be "nerdy" is to care about what you care about, without worrying what everyone else thinks.  By that standard, I really do think that the nerds rule the world.[/quote]

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