Agreed, and that&#x27;s not even limited to tech. I&#x27;m in the commercial real estate world, which practically revolves around apprenticeships, and the system works amazingly well. It also rewards competence over credentials, commitment to improvement over connections.<p>Trying to make the world better (with initial guidance) and solving real life problems is the best teacher of all.<p>College training for me, or for all the apprentices I&#x27;ve had over the years, was of minimal importance beyond learning the discipline of a rigorous approach. I could have started after sophomore year, and arguably done better (without having to have spent 2 more years at school, and 2 more years at a tech startup as an employee, and with 1&#x2F;2 the student debt and bad cafeteria food).