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Belgian boy Laurent Simons heads off to university aged 8.
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Augustus:
Nine months later... He'll graduate as an electrical engineer at age 9...  :scared:

https://interestingengineering.com/first-9-year-old-to-graduate-from-university
SiliconWizard:
He's probably watched a bit too much of The big bang theory...
Although Sheldon would laugh hysterically at him for choosing an engineering path. :-DD
Gyro:
I hope the poor little guy goes on to do a couple of extra degrees or a PhD to fill in another couple of years. He won't be able to legally work for a fair while.  :(
SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: Gyro on November 12, 2019, 10:17:50 pm ---I hope the poor little guy goes on to do a couple of extra degrees or a PhD to fill in another couple of years. He won't be able to legally work for a fair while.  :(

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Yeah. Also, I don't know what kind of value he would really have on the job market once he reaches the legal age, if he graduated years ago without ever working professionally after that... so sure we can wonder what he's going to do now. But yeah, likely a PhD or several.


EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Augustus on November 12, 2019, 09:52:03 pm ---Nine months later... He'll graduate as an electrical engineer at age 9...  :scared:
https://interestingengineering.com/first-9-year-old-to-graduate-from-university

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--- Quote ---Also, he has a photographic memory which enables him to master subjects in a matter of days which would take ten weeks for other students.
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That right there is the entirety of this story.

When he hits his early to mid 20's he'll be just like everyone else. Probably smarter than most, with a photographic memory for sure, but apart from that he won't be special any more.
Being this smart this early doesn't mean he'll be the next Elon Musk, or win a Nobel prize for curing cancer or something.
What did the previous record holder end up like, now 35yo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kearney
He won a million bucks on a game show, but didn't do so well on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
He got his PhD at 22
He's done some researching and some teaching, which of course is admirable, but nothing special for the previous worlds smarted kid.
Wiki has his occupation as Improv Comedian?  :-//

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