That's not true. I had a friend ( he's dead now) who worked for a major insurance company who had been a mason all his life. He was in his late 60s when he finally became 33rd degree. You couldn't move up that fast even if you were one of the "illumined ones". Your dad could be rich and a 33rd degree, and you still couldn't move up that fast. It takes some a few years just to get to master Mason, so no, you lose with that story.