Tian Dao's Ding Yuan Ying said: "Getting a degree doesn't mean much; you should study whatever is useful..."

Google and Palantir have already started recruiting high school students this year, with apprenticeship programs offering a monthly salary of $5,400.

The most ironic case is that 18-year-old Chinese-American teenager Stanley Zhong, who was rejected by 16 universities, was then hired by Google as a full-time L4 engineer.

What does L4 mean?
It's a level typically achieved only after earning a PhD or working as a corporate drone for several years.

The essence of academic credentials is social credit currency, but now it's experiencing inflation.

In an era where AI iteration is faster than flipping through books, the days of universities as "middlemen" profiting from the price difference are coming to an end. True dominant cultures don't need that piece of paper to prove themselves.