I am happy for you. It sounds like you've worked hard and done some great stuff. That said I have no idea what your reply has to do with my comment. The anecdote in the parent is a story about an ex-IDEO employee encountering a big name startup CEO at private tech industry party. Noting that there's a high level of insiderness in the anecdotes doesn't mean that it is not possible to accomplish a great deal without first becoming an insider.

Really your short bio of your self makes a better "most people won't" anecdote than the original post.

I don't think my comment was overly cynical. I don't mean to tell anyone they are incapable of accomplishing things and I definitely don't believe that you have to start out privileged to make an impact on the world.