Huang Chung, the author of the book The Five Great Waves in Life and assistant director of the specialist financial-planning newspaper Fortune Daily, points out that the era in which one could stand out from the crowd just by relying on one's educational background is over. Taiwan society should do more to encourage the idea that people be recognized for their accomplishments in all fields, not just the academic.
築夢踏實《一生的五大波》作者、理財專業報「鑫報」副社長黃崇則指出，單靠讀書就能出頭天的時代已經過去，台灣社會應該更鼓勵「行行出狀元」的價值。