Campaigns are meritocracies of sorts. Sure, some people get their job based on how much money their parents gave to the party or because they went to school with the candidate’s kids, but once you’re in the door, no one gives a shit who you know, where you went to school, or even how old you are. Things are just moving so fast that no one has time to worry about those things; hard work and smarts get rewarded with opportunities to move up to a bigger, better job with more responsibilities.