A friend of mine recently got rejected from a role—not because he lacked skill, but because he didn’t have the traditional credentials. The irony? He’d built multiple tools that the hiring team admired.

It made me pause. In a post-AGI world, when every technical skill can be instantly acquired—by machines or humans working with machines—what exactly is a credential?

Degrees and certificates once signaled readiness for the workforce, but are they just inertia now? The real validation increasingly comes from what you can build, adapt, rethink—or even teach a co-pilot AI to evolve for you.

The future belongs to those who demonstrate live ability: collaboration, critical thinking, flexibility, knowing what to do when there’s no obvious answer.

A portfolio of outcomes and the art of learning in public will soon matter more than transcripts ever did.

Subtle shift, but a massive one. Proof of value—over proof of attendance. Read More