
Outdated and perishable theories taught in college are becoming of disservice to today’s digital student.
Is the degree worth the debt?
A 2020 study at Kaplan showed that Americans would rather have an internship at Google (60%) over a degree from Harvard (40%). And only 13% of U.S. adults, 11% of C-level executives, and 6% of university trustees think college graduates have work-ready skills.
To succeed in today’s digital age, our kids need real, tangible skills — skills they enjoy to build and cultivate.
Skip the Degree is the answer to building real, market-ready skills in today’s digital age. All formats go live on Amazon February 10, 2021.
Featured Experts

Meet the Authors
Julia McCoy
Julia McCoy has had tremendous success in life…but it came from challenging status quo, and after dropping out of traditional education. She followed her…
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Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang
Dr. Ai’s childhood dream was to become a college professor. After receiving her MA from Syracuse University and then her Ph.D. from the University of…
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Meet Our Featured Expert Collaborators & Read Their Powerful Stories
Stories. We knew that Skip the Degree would be 10x more powerful with incredible stories. That’s why we’ve published and invited more than 50 self-started experts to be featured right here on our book resource site to inspire you to chase your dreams, just like these amazing people did.
Seth Godin, Neil Patel, Amanda Bond, Valerie Young, Jacob McMillen, Shay Rowbottom, Jeff Deutsch, Tom Wedding, Jeanie Sanchez, William Robins, Zee Ali, Marisa Hamamoto, Ravi Abuvala, April Hill, Jeff Hunter, Josiah Town, Lori Stead, Brittany Harris, Alexander Strate, Angela Fehr, Chris Bryant, Clay Mosley, Brennan Agranoff, Ryan Stewart, Dr. Natalia Wiechowski, Sebastian Rusk, Alexandra Marshall, William Hall, Jordan Paris, Gene Petrov, Benji Hyam, Kris Olivo, Ryan Robinson, Tyler Samani-Sprunk, Henneke Duistermaat, Tami McVay, Rich Carr, Justin Staples, Marcin Drozdz, Jeremy Knauff, Robert Nickell, Alexandra Marshall, and many more that will be added over time.
Our goal is to grow our site into a beautiful living resource library, full of self-started expert interviews to inspire our next generation.
Become a Skip the Degree VIP
Skip the Degree, Save the Tuition is, and will remain, a grassroots effort.
In fact, Skip the Degree hasn’t been funded or supported in any way by a big box publisher, which allows us more open creativity and the room to make this a living, breathing project.
But, like all self-started endeavors, Skip the Degree has required a ton of commitment, investment, and time on our part. It’s been an honor to bring this book to you. We truly hope it will make a difference for the next generation.
To support the schools we want to reach, student trainings we want to do, and the heart-centric mission behind our book, your monthly membership will go a long way in supporting this important mission. Not only that, but you get some incredible bonuses, too! Here’s what a Skip the Degree VIP membership includes:
Access to live training and guides
Get exclusive bonus content from Julia and Dr. Ai Zhang, and personal reminders to attend value-heavy upcoming live streams.
VIP members-only Slack workspace
Get daily access to Julia and Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang in a Skip the Degree members-only Slack workspace.
Personal help/guidance for parents & students
Dr. Ai and Julia will personally answer your burning questions in the private Slack members-only channel.
Support a great cause
Your membership fee will go directly into funding our grassroots Skip the Degree campaigns to reach channels and students.

Testimonials
Praise for Julia and Ai

Mark Schaefer
Social Media Influencer, Speaker, Author and College Educator

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Engineering intern at WILMAPCO

Lindsey Anderson
Founder of Web Impakt & Trafficandleads.com

Jeff Hunter
Founder, Branded Media

Brian Dean
Founder, Backlinko

John Kapos
CEO, Perfection Chocolates