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> "I'm highly gifted and unusual" is much stronger than "I'm a good technical writer." Did you stop to think that maybe that was his point? > s before, but ev

> "I'm highly gifted and unusual" is much stronger than "I'm a good technical writer." Did you stop to think that maybe that was his point? > s before, but even worse. Usain Bolt is the fastest sprinter in the world. He's quite literally one in eight billion. You are not. Or that he didn't mean that literally he is the best in the world? > I have taught myself advanced skills and switched careers multiple times without the required degrees This is legitimately impressive and obviously requires intelligence in the top 1% at minimum. Does it really not occur to you that smart people know they are smart just like people who are good at anything else know they are good at it, and not just trying to make themselves sound smarter than they are?

nyssos 3y ago
> Or that he didn't mean that literally he is the best in the world? Obviously not, but I think OP does sincerely think he's smart enough that he should stand out as exceptional to most of the people he meets - and I think he's probably wrong. Most educated professionals will know dozens of people as talented as him. The people OP is hanging around will know far more, assuming he's describing them accurately: in a room full of > quantum physicists with multiple degrees from Harvard / Stanford / Yale having a 1-in-100 intellect is less than table stakes. There are millions of people that smart in the US alone, and most of them do not share OP's difficulties.