Even going from college -> work it's clear that your high school/college achievements mean jack after some work experience. I've seen (and personally experience

Even going from college -> work it's clear that your high school/college achievements mean jack after some work experience. I've seen (and personally experienced) a few people "wise up" in college/entering the workforce and excel in their fields afterward, even if they did poorly growing up. My opinion is that this type of upbringing tends to produce kids that excel at what they do in their respective fields, but no guarantee that it produces a leader. It also ends up like you described, "zombie people" where everybody that's asian tends to be in health, law, or engineering or a "safer" industry hahaha. For instance, my co-founder and I having entered the startup space, note a lack of Chinese people in this space (like founders), but a ton in general software development roles.