Self-Taught Biz Undergrad Published Top-Venue AI Research, Landed RS Offers
menhguin · x · 2026-11-08
Countering the claim that PhD-level work can't be self-taught, menhguin cites his own path: he published AI research as a business undergrad, accumulating hundreds of citations, papers at top venues with awards, research scientist offers, and funding raised for a research startup. He jokes he could have done it in high school if the Asian schooling system hadn't wasted his time.
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