My parents were not poor but middle class (80k combined income in nyc). I didn't know anybody who worked in business as a kid, especially corporate business.

My early attempts at entrepreneurship at age 17-20 were fun but honestly I didn't have the context needed to succeed. It was working my way up the career ladder and working at VC backed companies that gave me the knowledge to be succesful.

I now own a company worth high 7 figures, and building that was totally worth it, but it was necessary to do real jobs to learn.