[Mgtyalx]

The problem being: access to a prestiges career or opportunity is generally predicated on climbing the academics achievement ladder at an increasingly early age. This leaves the more esoteric people out in the cold. If your not a true prodigy whose achievements outshine the highly credentialed you will struggle to get on.

[nradov]

In the tech industry, some of the people with the most prestigious careers are literally college dropouts. There are many paths to success, not all are linear.

[heavenlyblue]

Most of these people are not esoteric though and come from privileged families :)