Within a limited range of academic disciplines, it's a great hack. Outside of that, and situations where being a "math genius" is social cred - not so much. T

Within a limited range of academic disciplines, it's a great hack. Outside of that, and situations where being a "math genius" is social cred - not so much. The article's pretty good on why institutionalized education doesn't like students who are seriously ahead in learning math. (Or any other subject.) But it's pretty much silent on the self-discipline and self-study skills (or parent-paid tutors) required, to seriously learn math years ahead. And the former are probably far better indicators of long-term success than the early math skills are.