In a special All-In Podcast at CES 2026, a McKinsey Global Managing Partner, discussing the employment challenges of recent graduates in the AI era, pointed out that McKinsey and several large companies are researching talent selection criteria for the AI age. Their research has found that humans possess three unique core competencies that AI can never replace: leadership in setting goals and vision, value-based judgment, and creativity that transcends model-based reasoning. He emphasized that humans are truly irreplaceable in areas where AI cannot perform their tasks.

This also means that your academic qualifications and the university you graduated from are gradually becoming less important. Companies are paying more attention to "an individual's actual abilities," such as their GitHub profile and portfolio, which are the criteria for companies to select talent.

AI is reshaping the workplace, and young people should follow suit and rethink what their "personal competitiveness" truly is.