Your experience is typical for "unschooled" kids who face college -- they learn what's needed in a short period of time and quickly become experts on the subjec

Your experience is typical for "unschooled" kids who face college -- they learn what's needed in a short period of time and quickly become experts on the subject. Very similar to working in a quickly changing industry like the internet -- a new tech comes around, you learn it, use it, become expert and move on with your life.