You have to like being challenged. I've seen incredibly smart people in the coding space (definitely smarter than I) basically "smart themselves out of it" bec

You have to like being challenged. I've seen incredibly smart people in the coding space (definitely smarter than I) basically "smart themselves out of it" because they felt it wasn't challenging anymore. Or they felt tired of the "wrong" challenge, like "waiting for everyone else to catch up to them." (They were usually involved with bleeding-edge tech that ended up being the norm years later.) If fascination is motivating, I guess be happy that you're not too smart? ;)