Investing in a good project is not as important as investing in a genius; investing is about investing in people

Jeff Yan from Hyperliquid is a Chinese genius, a member of the US Physics Olympiad team, who won a silver medal and then a gold medal in Denmark.

He then went to Harvard to study computer science and worked at Hudson River Trading, a top-tier high-frequency quantitative company, quickly rising to the top of the industry with his proprietary high-frequency trading - Chameleon.

The crypto space has been continually demystifying academic qualifications.

However, a QS20 undergraduate degree still serves as a very good pass for entrepreneurship in the crypto space. Of course, master's degrees are disregarded, and PhDs are categorized by discipline.

Because for QS20 undergraduates, those related to CS, cryptography, and mathematics are a limited number of individuals, who are all top-notch in terms of talent and insight.

However, it's not enough anymore; gold medals from NOI (National Olympiad in Informatics) and IOI (International Olympiad in Informatics) winners are now more favored in starting ventures from top quantitative high-frequency firms.

Indeed, compared to competitive candidates, schools like Tsinghua or Peking University (清北) and QS20 don’t quite measure up, especially when it comes to product development. In business, it may not be the case, but to excel in product development, you definitely need geniuses among geniuses!

My viewpoint is to demystify prestigious schools and to respect NOI and IOI.

We should discover, join, and help their projects grow and become part of the community.

You ask me about my academic background and why I look down on QS prestigious schools?

I have a diploma, but I'm on the same boat as a god-like genius, while you're tethered to mediocrity; how can I lose?