One thing that hasn't been mentioned: learning mathematics from talking to another human can be 10-100 times faster than getting it from books. Another thing: m

One thing that hasn't been mentioned: learning mathematics from talking to another human can be 10-100 times faster than getting it from books. Another thing: mathematics is huge and seems to accommodate all personality types. Pick something that turns you on and grow outwards from there. The folks on reddit seem to be obsessed with Rudin, and that's good stuff, but there's so many other roads to follow. And I'm so impressed by how much better the comments are here than on reddit! Good job HN, you rock.