[ryanwitt112]

It's an n of 1 experiential depiction of what the person went through, combined with the attempt at extracting the points in which that n of 1 had to overcome certain challenges. It also hypothesizes that there are similar challenges that immigrants and lower income folks go through. Commenters on the post resonate with it, so I think it definitely exists despite another segment of the same economic population also existing that may not share similar challenges. Whether these challenges are more prevalent on the lower income segment of the population or immigrants versus the general population is up to a broader study. The article sparks the conversation with his post though, so I think it's worth giving it the respect of sharing it with the public and the possibility (as validated by a few comments already) that it may in fact also be a shared experience by a percentage of lower income, immigrant populations.

[pfarnsworth]

Yes, exactly, I agree with you that it's anecdotal, but the article make broad claims as to what poor people are like.

[ryanwitt112]

That's fair. My suspicion is that portion of the blog post is a claim/hypothesis on the average persons within that economic segment ('poor people') who start a startup. Certainly that hypothesis could be wrong, and the post is meant to spark a conversation and describe the experiences of the author.

On another note, I suspect a portion of the motivation for the post was also in part sparked by the "Privilege and Inequality in Silicon Valley" in which does exist (see other folks comments); however, the post is more about the n of 1 experience, the challenges faced within building a startup, and the hypothesis that it may resonate with others facing that startup experience. I think what you're seeing in the comments is the resonating of the title in addition to the content of the piece. I personally believe these are two distinct issues: 1- building a successful startup coming from that background, 2- working in the SV/tech companies with ivy leaguers who tend to grow up in higher economic households / have experienced different lives therein making it harder to relate/fit in for those with diff backgrounds. It's certainly a deeper discussion. Wealthy people can have tremendous insecurities around sharing their wealthy therein can feel isolated. (ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o46HH-TfNY )