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by m0zg 2041 days ago
I'd be happy to support whatever "path" he wants at this point, though it'd of course be much easier for me to support something related to STEM. Best I can tell, he doesn't have any plan or path. He just expects to ride on my coattails for the rest of his life, which I articulated to him many time is not something I'm willing to allow.

In contrast, growing up in rural Russia I had no coattails to ride on (and my father told me this countless times), so I'm a rather extreme example of social upward mobility.