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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Ask her to lead by example.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

She claims to have done so:

"I went to the business listings and I just started calling up companies and asking them if they had internships available and that I would be willing to work for free.”

It worked. Mathur’s first foot in the door of employment was at the travel firm Travelocity during her first summer at the University of Texas. She did admin and research for its general council—all for free.

I wonder how the money worked at that stage in her life. Was she living off loans? Was she living off wealth from another source?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Probably parents money. But even if it were a loan she'd have to have had more privilege than most to get to that position anyway.

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