>>76083462No, people like underdog hardworkers way more than they like prodigies, look at any piece of media.
What they actually despise is when a hard worker judges them, because unlike when a prodigy does it, they can't brush it off. the realization that their life is within their control and they fucked up is too much responsibility for them to handle so they lash out.
The proof of this is that the first thing they do is accuse the hard worker of being a prodigy "Oh you had X easy, Oh I can't do X because Y".