Gotcha, didn’t read all the posts. Interestingly, this sort of thing happened recently to my daughter in regards to work. She is majoring in VMD but has to take a lot of interior design classes. She is bright, creative and a hard worker. The last two semesters have been brutal due to several studio classes she has had. The students have to know how to use CAD and have knowledge of tons of building codes. She has had zero social life and works all the time. In one of her classes is a fairly wealthy girl. We know of her family because they are from our hometown. This young lady approached my daughter and asked if she would do one of her projects. My dd told me another classmate had helped her with something and she bought her a designer bag.
As my dd would say, “ I was like, what?!” I thought she was joking! My daughter said no of course, but told me the girl said her mom suggested it!! I know the dad is a dental surgeon, I hope he didn’t fake his way through college. Here’s the thing though, I’m thinking one day this has to catch up to her. You can only fake it in a job for so long I would think.