> You don't get opportunities in life simply because you're smart, I really wish I knew this earlier. For a significant part of my adolescence, even through pa

> You don't get opportunities in life simply because you're smart, I really wish I knew this earlier. For a significant part of my adolescence, even through part of college, I believed intelligence alone would prove your worth. Now, I feel like people think you're actually dumb if you don't have a list of major accomplishments in your wake; you tend to get that feeling when interviewing for a job.