Nice one. If I had the clarity back in the day, I would have done the same. The number one reason was the people around. They were nothing, but the only kind I

Nice one. If I had the clarity back in the day, I would have done the same. The number one reason was the people around. They were nothing, but the only kind I knew and so I wasted time and life. Once you have your degrees, you can spend another year or more on developing your fresh, more or less nooby expertise into more than was possible while you were, well, institutionalized. Doing it slow, at the suggested, tried and tested speed, in hindsight, is only worth it if you get to spend your free time with people who matter. But nobody tells you speedrunning is an option. And often enough, someone telling you, briefly explaining it for good, is all it takes. Yet unaware polymaths get the greatest benefits, of course. The faster you get to the expert speedrunner level, the quicker you realize how much your mind wants to expand and whether it's in depth or breadth. Educators should be tought to spot kids like that and encourage them.