University Students Can Skip Marketable Skills and Focus on Ideas, Author Says
deepakns · x · 2026-09-13
Part 5/n of deepakns' thread (quoting 4/n). He argues it is a wonderful time to pursue intellectual knowledge at university without worrying about learning drudgery for marketable skills—no more mechanically proving theorems or implementing algorithms via syntax. The quoted 4/n restates his prediction that building applications will soon require no formal training, much like driving a car.
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