[2ndDivisionVet]

Were Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Abraham Lincoln or Steve Wozniak from privileged backgrounds? If you want something bad enough, obstacles seem to disappear.

[vladimir998]

Affirmative Action in Silicon Valley RIGHT NOW!!!

[867V309]

For many people who didn’t grow up in or around New York City, there are a few things that come to mind when they hear the name “Brooklyn.”

I think of streets that smell of urine. Like San Diego.

[Lazamataz]

The authorguy whines about how hard it is to get into tech for someone with few resources, then goes on to describe how someone -- WHO WAS MOTIVATED -- got into tech with few resources.

This article is self-contradictory blather.

[ansel12]

Some tech that the left took away from poor people through energy policies dating back to the 1960s, so far ago that a poor person doesn’t even think of it as tech being available, is controlled temperatures for the home.

If it was described to them properly and radiant floor heating and central heating and air-conditioning being cheap to run, then I think most poor people would say that they would prefer perfect temperatures as near the top of their favorite tech.

As far this article, what are poor people doing buying laptops? If they want a computer they should have a desktop at a station, laptops are something of an indulgence, with a shorter life and more likely to be broken or stolen, and less family friendly.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

So much for “tech” — the “backchannell” web site crashed my Safari on iPad four times. I gave up.

[9YearLurker]

Wozniak was the son of a Lockheed engineer growing up in Cupertino, CA, so he had the early exposure.

But no kid needs to start programming at 14 to become a successful techie. Studying and excelling at math and maybe science is all it would take for an inner city kid to get a scholarship to a great school. And even if he did that, he could flip burgers and, yes, learn online on his own time as a young adult.

How many techies from modest origins in India have gone on to build great tech companies over here?

[CorporateStepsister]

Amen.

I don’t even care about the ‘underprivileged’ anymore. The good life is available to see in all its glory simply by watching YouTube. These days it’s about choices, not just circumstances or a lack of a bank account.

I just don’t care anymore and I resent the idea that it’s my job to carry people who won’t help themselves.