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.
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.