For this "geek boy", if he was born in poverty, could he build a rocket? I guess it's better to make a toy. His environment has given him enough material foundation and conditions to turn the ideas in his head into reality, but as most of us ordinary people, it is better to go to college honestly.
University is the most important link in our life and the last stop before you step into society. What you have learned here is what you should use in your work. On the university campus, you should learn how to be a man and how to deal with different people. We often complain about the same university. Why did it become so different after a few years? In fact, when I was in college, the gap between people began to widen. In a few years, top student and Mai Ba lived in the opposite direction. Top student achieved financial freedom in a few years. Even poor students, as long as they study hard in college and get more certificates, can get more chips when looking for a job in the future.
At the school recruitment meeting ten years ago, the author asked the senior human resources director of Midea Group a question: Is a diploma important in China? I remember the director told me that the college diploma is your stepping stone, which determines whether you are sitting or standing at work. So in the next twenty years, a diploma will become more and more important, because the concept that science is the primary productive force has been proved. Whether you can achieve financial freedom depends on the knowledge in your head, and a college diploma represents your knowledge level.
Not to mention those rich people prefer their children to enter famous schools, because they know better that only their brains can keep their wealth. In today's society, going to college is the way out for every normal person. We can't imitate or copy the talent of being hit by a meteor.