Well everyone is being told they are special and top talent until they aren’t. Then it’s to late since there is a stigma attached and others don’t want their shadow cast in them.

The chance of success is impressive, but it’s just correlation to wealth in the family. From Microsoft over cloud flare, Amazon to tesla each and every one of those successful men had a rich daddy.

Black library has quite some books that feel similar in a Sci fi setting. You could check vaults of Terra.

Oh just wait until you see imperial hex screws. In metric you get them in screwdriver size relating to mm. US hex screws are like 16/64 of an inch or 5/16 of an apple. And of course they don’t relate to metric at all and you can’t use the same tools.