This comes up in my research more than you’d think

[donaldhere]

I spend a lot of time in academic writing and research but one of the things I keep coming back to is how many people who are successful without education have quietly reshaped the world — and not in spite of skipping the system but often because of the hunger and self-direction that came from not having a safety net. From self-taught coders who built billion dollar products to entrepreneurs who never set foot in a lecture hall, the pattern is consistent — clarity of purpose tends to beat credentials every single time.

That said I’m not here to romanticise dropping out — education opens real doors and for a lot of fields it’s non-negotiable. What I do think is worth questioning is whether we’ve built a culture that confuses a degree with competence, because those two things are not always the same thing and the data is pretty clear on that. Food for thought either way

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