A decade of degrees rendered useless: one person's take on skills devaluing
Paimaamu · x · 2026-10-15
A viral reflection: the poster says every degree and most university coursework they earned over the past 10 years has been rendered useless by a changing world, wondering if previous generations went through the same — a personal window into skills devaluation in the AI era.
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