The wine list at that SoHo gallery opening had prices with four digits and I was still calculating how many shifts at my dad's shop that bottle would cost. Some guy in a blazer asked me what I "did in the space" and I told him I optimize product pages for conversion rates — he nodded like I'd spoken Sanskrit. I stood there with my plastic cup of free prosecco thinking about how my mom would've laughed at the tiny cucumber sandwiches.