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I'm always wary of upvoting a comment like this , but being from India and experiencing the difference getting into a good college makes , he has a point.

Ofcourse it's not a stark choice between getting into a Stanford and serving coffee at Starbucks but still . And I can't digest the snobbery in saying that a Starbucks worker is devoid of any dignity . But the comment still somehow resonates with me.

Perhaps it's a reflection of my own inferiority complex of not being able to study at an elite institution. It's a little hard to get over such feelings.



You should check out this podcast about impostor syndrome and cultural conflicts that occur when two opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum meet.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/550/t...


It isn't about dignity of the job. It is about health insurance and living wages.




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