Honestly so many of the people complaining about "oh AQA is ruining teen's lives" are the same people as those who say **** like "haha I never revise, what a meme xd"
To answer your question, the 16 years of hard work. And it isn't even 16 years really, from the beginning of year 10 till the end of a 4-year masters (which is more than enough to get a great job) is only 8 years.