Absolutely. What I think some stating that this is all &quot;common sense&quot; miss is that for many people it&#x27;s NOT. All the advantages some have are advantages they believe that others have. Couldn&#x27;t go to university because you had to work? Why didn&#x27;t your parents help you? What? Nowhere to live? What about your old bedroom? You&#x27;ve supported yourself since you were a teenager? Where were your parents! No money left? Huh? No trust or college fund? Not even a savings account that your parents set up for you? What about your credit card? You&#x27;re afraid to start a business &#x2F; go into debt &#x2F; try to &quot;work your way&quot; through college? Why, if you fail you can just move in with your family! Why not get some &quot;friends and family&quot; investors? The list of these tacit assumptions, and by extension that you&#x27;re just a fool or lazy because you didn&#x27;t do those things (supported ideologically in this country by all the Just World Fallacy nonsense) is far more widespread than one may think.<p>It&#x27;s really amazing just how many people cannot even fathom that others do not have the familial safety net and have been working to support themselves from an age where said people were just starting to think about what school to go to. For many, until they&#x27;ve lived on the razor&#x27;s edge, they simply do not have the mental framework for understanding what living that way does to people.<p>Edit: I&#x27;d also add that for those of us who have seen the other side (I was upper middle class from 0-9 years old, fell into poverty after and lived that way until my early 20s - riches to rags sucks. Badly. Read all about it here if you&#x27;re curious: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@opirmusic&#x2F;why-software-developers-should-still-choose-to-go-to-university-if-someone-else-is-paying-45091d22acc1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@opirmusic&#x2F;why-software-developers-should...</a>) we <i>know</i> what the other side is like. We&#x27;ve seen it. We know what it&#x27;s like to never worry about transportation, decent food, school supplies, books, tutors, spending money - and the ever-present implicit safety net. We saw our parents&#x27; friends go on vacations, buy multiple cars, live in huge houses, etc. So anyone, anyone who says it <i>isn&#x27;t</i> a huge advantage is delusional or lying.