Being intelligent in one domain doesn’t automatically make you good in any others. Exceptional biologists can be astoundingly bad at maths, and the other way ar

Being intelligent in one domain doesn’t automatically make you good in any others. Exceptional biologists can be astoundingly bad at maths, and the other way around. Like most skills, being good at writing software requires not only intelligence, but lots of experience too. Maybe smarter people will pick it up faster, but they aren’t intrinsically better. It’s a bit surprising you’d have to explain such a basic conclusion here.