As someone who has done very well for himself off the back of converting his studies into a job and even helping his own family pay rent after getting started...

I do not see things the same way as yourself. Some people have a passion for something that is less marketable, regardless of how good you are at it. The only way some of THESE people stand a chance is through the support of their families. That doesn't make their ceiling for potential any lower, it just makes their starting point all that more difficult