Pattern recognition and analogy are my secret weapons, for sure. I'm really only a good engineer because I'm good at organizing and communicating my thoughts. I

Pattern recognition and analogy are my secret weapons, for sure. I'm really only a good engineer because I'm good at organizing and communicating my thoughts. It's the only reason I've made it so far in my career -- definitely not any innate propensity for "hard" cs concepts. I faked it til I made it, and now I'm pretty darn good at it. I think in my particular case the concepts around quantum ____ are so abstract I'm unable to find anything to liken it to. It certainly doesn't help I lack any substantial background in mathematics. Hopefully one day I'll get there. Or maybe I'm already there and not there at the same time! Who knows!?