If you look at the other end, though, those at the top of many fields did have remarkable experiences growing up. Being academically precocious is no marker of

If you look at the other end, though, those at the top of many fields did have remarkable experiences growing up. Being academically precocious is no marker of predestiny, but for some, it can mean one's ducks are in a line. It can help. I wrote an essay on this: http://daniellefong.com/2008/05/15/advice-to-the-bright-and-young/ http://daniellefong.com/2008/05/15/advice-to-the-bright-and-...