VSt is a situation that is both so marginal and so privileged that those who experience it keep it to themselves. The “talents” courted by tech companies had to have parents and sometimes even parents on the left. These people, in a climate of fear of general downgrading, do not always know what to think of what is happening to them. Five or ten years ago, when their children talked about their “M2 in data science” in college, they hadn’t quite understood what that would look like a few years later. Faced with these kids who very quickly start to earn much more money than them, should we feel relieved to know that they are safe from want or worry that it will turn their heads as much as footballers in the middle of the transfer window?
How do we recognize them?
They only tell a few close friends about it. They don’t give the numbers or the “K’s”, because it doesn’t matter, it’s not the real subject. They raised their children with contempt for money but pushed them to study to make sure they didn’t lack it. They insist their children are gone “to college” (in other words, they got rich by accident). They begin to speak with the language of the company of their children (” he is in full-remote, the “). By the time they memorize the name of their offspring’s start-up, it has changed its name or they have changed their name. When they plan to invite their children to their vacation spot, they check the quality of the Internet for future visios. They don’t dare admit to themselves that they liked their children to remain somewhat dependent on them.
how they talk
“The first time he was hired, he earned more than me, the second more than his father and me. “These jobs are a bit like figure skating, you don’t age well…” “In 4th grade, he was on vacation, he had already set up a babysitting box. » “It’s still better to have a kid who explodes than a kid in the shit. » “It was always important for him to earn money, it always amazed us, it must come from his father…” “What concerns me is not the money he earns, but that he is in a situation of over-responsibility. » “I would have to put sociologist colleagues on the subject. “No, I don’t think he votes for Macron. » “The last time he was a little embarrassed by what he was going to win, he thought it was a bit exaggerated. “He explained to me that he was taking a wealth advisor, it’s something that is out of my field of vision. » “With me, there is no problem, but I make a barrier so that he does not talk about it too much in front of the other children. “One day he will be fed up and do something else. I trust its values. »
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