“The hiring manager explained they were busy, apologized, and announced I had won the job. We negotiated a six-figure salary. With a week or two of savings left, I had done it, but with a ton of free help.”

Wait, you went back to doing the same money juggling shit? I thought you were really going to change. And you didn’t get “free help”, a friend helped you. That’s one of the reasons why we have friends. If he’s in a jam some day, you can bet he’ll come knocking. A lot of people mistake race, gender, or wealth as the privledges, but where the real privledge lies is in our family and friends.