Mostly, I just learned to coast. I was an 80's "gifted child." When I was in 6th grade, I took a test that showed I could read at an 11th grade level. In 7th g

Mostly, I just learned to coast. I was an 80's "gifted child." When I was in 6th grade, I took a test that showed I could read at an 11th grade level. In 7th grade, I took the SATs as part of an experimental program. I got a score higher than the average HS senior, and even won an award! What did I do with this? Not too much. I taught myself C, Unix (on other people's computers...), Linux (kernel 0.99 days!), and TCP/IP networking when I was in high school. I suppose that paid off, though I could've done more.