After the whole Ivy League admissions topic, I thought this was an interesting book to discuss.
One of the things she cites early is that IQ accounts for only 10% of the reason people are successful in the workplace.
Even if the 10% figure is true,
IQ and the academic credentials it helps one attain influence what workplace one joins and in what role. I've read stories about successful people who worked their way up from mail room. I don't see that happening nowadays. At my company, the mail room and cafeteria staff work for sub-contractors.
Exactly.
College is problematic now for a whole host of reasons-- but we are (IMO) a long way from that degree/credentialing process "becoming irrelevant."
NO way would I want my DD to take up the Thiel Fellowship. NO. WAY.
It's a nice idea, but the problem is that the statistics are
harshly and emphatically not on the side of the $100,000... and honestly, that 100K is already a memory within four years of a theoretical college diploma for all but a very fortunate few.
