I don't know that we won anything past being useful to executives. Many benefits of life go to people based on social skills, image, and interests. Hacker knowledge or topics are still a negatibe that holds us back.

I always had to talk and act more like them to make progress in ways nerds usually don't. I had to hide my knowledge or skills mostly to focus on theirs. In other groups or places, I could nerd out with the nerds. I could sometimes do something from one group in the other but had to present it differently.

Back in high school, I think we wanted all the opportunities and attention we saw other people get while being ourselves. That didn't happen. I think most of us still can't have it. So, who won in the culture?

Thanks to Jesus Christ, I don't need it anymore. He gives us peace, joy, purpose, and new family. Also, reveals more quickly how evil those high-status groups were. I'm glad I couldn't become one of them. I still had to repent of what kind of person I became, though.