I think low-income people who go into tech do not go into start ups. It&#x27;s a risk. If you fail (very likely), you are back to being poor.<p>I&#x27;m a student and notice that a lot of the other low income students and underrepresented groups (of which I am a part of) in my CS program go straight to &quot;safe&quot; jobs, usually enterprise stuff.<p>Actually now that I think about it: I work in my university&#x27;s IT department, helping out with the website. The place is straight out of Office Space, very traditional Java&#x2F;CMS stuff. It&#x27;s also incredibly diverse. Blacks and Latinos make up a good portion of the working force and even the higher up&#x2F;managers. There&#x27;s a good portion of women as well.<p>But when I interview at start ups or more &quot;modern&quot; companies it&#x27;s all white or Asian.