New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- The tech world is increasingly welcoming young, self-taught talents without college degrees, with major firms like IBM, Google, GM, and Apple dropping degree requirements for tech roles. According to The New York Post report, this trend is gaining momentum, with companies prioritizing skills over formal education.

Elon Musk's hand-picked staff at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) consists of employees aged 19 to 24, including a high school graduate and a former SpaceX intern who received a $100,000 grant from billionaire investor Peter Thiel to drop out of college, The New York Post reported.

Thiel, who has long advocated for skipping college, has been funding young entrepreneurs since 2010. Among the r...