I also had excellent SAT scores (I didn't bother to retake them, but perhaps I should've). I also resonate with the idea that rewarding smart kids for being go

I also had excellent SAT scores (I didn't bother to retake them, but perhaps I should've). I also resonate with the idea that rewarding smart kids for being good at taking tests tends to undermine their work ethic and grit; when I finally got to math classes I couldn't just ace the test on, I had a very hard time; I truly didn't know how to buckle down, on my own, and do homework, because I'd never actually had to do that before. On the other hand, when I'm hiring people, I've discovered I really do want to hire people who are able to ace simple math questions quickly. It's not sufficient, but it seems to be very correlated with being able to wrap your head around complicated code.