I know a kid who growing up was the smartest I have ever seen. He reads everything he finds readable, and whatever he reads, he understands, and once he understands, he doesn't forget. Survival knocked him into a different lifestyle. But when he realised he wasn't being fair to his gift, he wanted out, get a decent job and lead a better life, but the system won't just allow him.
Dude's hardcore autoditact, consumes knowledge like he consumes weed. Anyone he interacts with is always wowed by what he can do, but he can't get hired because a degree is a requirement he doesn't have. If he could/should he would've gone to college just to get it over with, but his ego wouldn't let him waste that much time and money that he doesn't have.
So here's what he did: because he knows they know what he knows, and what he could know if he wants to, he took advantage of it, read rule books, regulations and manuals of companies that wouldn't hire him, draws their attention to loopholes that he could patch or write for them. Now he earns a living by being consulted for help like that; a ghost consultant sort of.
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