Time Travel: 2014

Although it sounds a bit complicated, Lin Hui only has two thoughts.

First of all, Lin Hui is worried that some unknowns in his future studies will lead to uncertainty about his future.

In this case, investment in offline offices can easily increase sunk costs.

On the contrary, online working is more suitable for Lin Hui's current situation.

Secondly, Lin Hui believes that online working is conducive to the gathering of technical personnel with the level of "sweeping monks".

Huang Jing has heard about the second reason.

Many security companies adopt this hacker-style office approach when selecting technical personnel.

But it’s rare to hear of traditional technology companies doing this.

And even if we can really bring together technical personnel with personality, it may not necessarily be a good thing.

Therefore, Huang Jing was noncommittal about the second reason for Lin Hui's revelation.

And Huang Jing felt that the first point, which involved the uncertainty of future route selection, was the original intention of Lin Hui to build an online office software.

When it comes to Lin Hui's future development, this is indeed a problem.

Arrange a fixed planned route for Lin Hui?

Although Huang Jing once really seriously considered the possibility of this idea.

But it didn't take long for Huang Jing to give up.

Huang Jing had to admit that some people's growth trajectories can be traced.

Some people's futures are unlimited.

Lin Hui's future is immeasurable.

At the same time, Lin Hui's future is also unlimited.

Huang Jing only knew that Lin Hui would go far and high in the future.

The only thing is that I don’t know where Lin Hui’s end point will be.

Without knowing Lin Hui's end point, it is obviously impossible to plan a growth path.

Regarding Lin Hui's first consideration, Huang Jing quickly figured out the corresponding idea.

Since Lin Hui had his own ideas about online working, Huang Jing went along with the flow and expressed his support.

However, Huang Jing was still a little confused about Lin Hui's original intention of developing online software.

In other words, Huang Jing felt a little hesitant.

Finally, Huang Jing couldn't help but ask Lin Hui: "Are you saying that the reason why you work online is mainly because of some uncertainties about the future?"

Lin Hui nodded and said, "Yes, I do have concerns in this regard."

Huang Jing said: "If it's just academic factors, I don't think you need to worry.

Even if what you pursue is academic and you want to reach a certain height before officially getting involved in business, it won't be too troublesome.

With your ability, it won't actually take you too much time to successfully complete your studies.

Even if you are willing to take some unconventional measures, less than a year may be enough.

Unless it is a military academy like West Point or a more stubborn public school, it is more difficult to operate.

Other colleges, especially private colleges, if you are willing, you can easily get into almost any private college in the United States. "

As if afraid that Lin Hui would not believe it, Huang Jing then added: "Although the education system of American universities has long been known for elite education, and top universities have always adhered to the principle of elite education, in actual implementation, it is not the only one. Elitism, many times the implementation of some rules in education is quite flexible.

Take the admission of college students as an example. Although many top universities in the United States claim to conduct admissions mainly based on the level of students rather than other factors.

But in fact, very few people in the American university system actually do this.

The actual rules implemented by American universities during admissions are very flexible.

You know, the United States is a country with a very developed alumni culture. For students of the same level, American universities often give priority to the children of alumni.

This strategy is euphemistically called 'heritage' by American universities. Due to the consideration of this 'heritage', many times there is no fairness at all in admissions.

This so-called ‘inheritance’ is not so much the ‘inheritance of culture’ as it is the inheritance of ‘giving and being supported’.

Unlike domestic universities that mainly rely on grants, many universities in the United States rely on donations to obtain their main funding.

The alumni group of American universities is the main source of donations for a school.

As the bread and butter of American universities, alumni who have donated money naturally expect a return from the school, and the return from the school can only be academic reciprocation. "

Many alumni who donated huge sums of money, even though their children's level is significantly lower than that of many eliminated applicants, still stood out and successfully obtained admission qualifications.

Take Harvard University, which has received much media attention, as an example. Under normal circumstances, the admission rate of this school is only 10%. "

Huang Jing paused, then continued: "But the admission rate for the children of members of the University Resource Committee (a fundraising organization composed of major donors to Harvard University) is over 60%...

There are many similar examples. Many people think that the United States is indifferent to humanity, but no matter how indifferent it is, it is still due to human factors, and where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

By giving these examples, I just want to say that it is not impossible to do it in American universities.

There are many ways, the simplest is probably to throw money.

Many times in many universities in the United States, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can do whatever you want. "

In fact, what Huang Jing just said was roughly clear to Lin Hui.

It’s nothing more than a shortcut for money-making players.

How can a country that can transform bribery into political donations have fewer academic scandals?

Lin Hui remembered reading a book in his previous life written by Daniel King, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal. The book described the American college admissions scandal.

In short, the content described in the book is roughly similar to what Huang Jing just said, and Lin Hui probably knows all of this.

According to the description in the book, in order to raise funds, some American universities are no longer willing to just attract money through alumni associations.

They will even engage in some charitable activities under the guise of education to make money out of nothing.

Even though I have a clear understanding of the principles behind it, as the saying goes, know what is white and guard what is black.

Even though Lin Hui knew these things very well, he obviously disdained them.

However, Lin Hui did not refuse Huang Jing's enthusiastic suggestion.

Lin Hui said: "Actually, I have heard about what you just said, but how come I also heard that international students are very discriminated against in American universities? Even if there are many unspoken rules, I am afraid that it will be very difficult for overseas students to operate. It’s difficult.”

Huang Jing nodded: "It is true that American universities often discriminate when it comes to admission."

Huang Jing said: "There is no way. As long as there are superior people, many people will unknowingly become inferior."