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It's easy to say you don't need to be a genius to be a mathematician when you're a genius celebrity mathematician. Personally I gave up on math as a career onc
by opportune 7y ago
It's easy to say you don't need to be a genius to be a mathematician when you're a genius celebrity mathematician.
Personally I gave up on math as a career once I realized all the people who got into top grad schools for math were like international IMO participants, USAMO or equivalent at least, started taking classes beyond calculus in 10th grade, etc. Even though I love it and even have an undergrad degree in it, and maybe could have performed that well if adults in my life nudged me in that direction, the fact that there were so many people who would always have massive advantages turned me off from it.
- lonelappde 7y agoMath isn't a competition. You can study and research math as a hobby, just like hundreds of thousands of people do with computer programming
- auntienomen 7y agoTrue, but if you intend to make a career in math, which is what opportune gave up on, it is very much a competition. The odds are better than succeeding in basketball, but only because there are a lot more minor league teams.