I’m starting to realize that to get rich, one needs to hang out with rich people but I’m not sure where to meet them. The only places I can think of are Silicon Valley and New York (no I don’t know where in New York they are).

Why have rich friends?

  • If they didn’t make the money themselves, they at least know people who did can learn from them
  • They’re the ideal customer because they can pay more for the same product
  • melodyze@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    No one wants to be friends with someone that is trying to use them as a ladder. And wealthy people aren’t idiots, they are used to people trying to use them in that way, and they will be able to tell.

    I became friends with wealthier people because I just happened to have things in common with them. If you are passionate about tech or high finance and you grind there you’ll make friends with people, and some of them will have had more success there.

    Importantly, I never asked them for anything. I have friends from whom I would be ecstatic if they gave me a particular thing, but I won’t lean or generally even ask, certainly not for more than I give them. Our friendship is genuine and not conditional on them being a step stool for me.

    • Techters@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for posting this, OPs post is kind of gross. No concern about do they have anything in common, anything to offer, do they have any morals or do they only have their money from exploitation, etc. Money worship is the worst underlying trait in the entrepreneurship community IMO (as in hyper wealth, not the people who are motivated to earn more just so they can have a good life and financial security, obviously).