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Eric Siu argues that college still matters in 2026, not for academics but for the networks and relationships you build. He hired an 18-year-old and saw how college creates distribution and trust that AI can't replicate.
Eric Siu argues that college still matters in 2026, not for academics but for the networks and relationships you build. He hired an 18-year-old and saw how college creates distribution and trust that AI can't replicate.
So we just hired this kid. He's a kid, 18 years old. He hasn't even graduated high school yet. Genius. Okay. His parents are both software engineers. All right. So my CTO, who didn't go to college, right, he was challenging this kid because he's going to college. He's like, why are you going to college? Give us a good reason as to why you're going to college. And he's like, well, I think AI is inevitable, but I'm going to college. He's going to a really good engineering school, right? He's like, I know that I have no relationships right now. I have no connections. And the only way I'm going to do it is actually going to college. And so I'm taking BS classes right now so I can just chill, but I want to hang out, I want to have fun, but I want to build my network because that is going to be worth so much more and AI can never replace that. So community will never— this community right here will never be replaced. This builds trust. This is a form of distribution as well.
