[logicallee]

I'm sorry I didn't see your reply sooner. if you see this in time to edit, please tone it down by two notches, come on. The OP (of the article) is here answering questions, and we're one community. you yourself are the article author in a few years if you want to be.

You know "what does this person do" because they are up-front about it: what they do is "Winnie, helping parents navigate the world with their children." Apparently within their network people really want to do that, and lots of VC's have kids, etc. (Many of the most famous ones do, often in the same age bracket.)

So welcome to our community, but please be a civil member in line with our rules. There's no distinction here between people. you can talk to VC's. you can literally talk to the blog author, they're here answering questions. people on this forum aren't born into wealth or the like (arguably for the most part they have had access to superlative education, but on the other hand much of it is self-taught.)

so try to be civil :)

I also share your frustration and agree:

> when every one of the most talented engineers that I know has to hustle to get these sorts of doors opened?

what is likely also at play (though the author can clarify for us) is their past enterprises or other businesses they had similar roles in. i.e. their track record.

[_faster_]

How dare you. If someone wants to defend themselves they have every opportunity to do so but I (and I think the HN audience) don't appreciate being-

1. patronised about things like: "this kind of shows you the kind of audience this is written for". How pathetic, as if there are some levels of access beyond which peons like us cannot comprehend. and

2. Your concern trolling. Where I come from we believe in the scientific method and meritocracy. You are entitled to your opinions if you can defend them and your attempt to stifle discussion is reducing efficiency.

[eloff]

You can do all that and be civil. It's not an either/or thing. Downvote.