> Does being smart comes with bigger responsibility and do you feel stressful of being really smart (as a developer maybe)? Being smart increases others' expec

> Does being smart comes with bigger responsibility and do you feel stressful of being really smart (as a developer maybe)? Being smart increases others' expectations of you. They expect you to show miracles from time to time. Of course that cannot happen all the time. It is therefore necessary to develop an attitude such that others' perception does not affect you. It's what I call "I don't care what the world thinks of me". In my experience, in the absence of this attitude, smart guys can come under a lot of stress and make bad decisions at difficult times. (May be someone out here has a better way of dealing with it than mine??) > I've never understand enough math to play with hardcore computer science (although I've love to and I tried) and I assume people feel very happier when they're good at what they want to do. I believe two of your assumptions are wrong in the abvoe statement: 1. You really don't need to know too much math to play around with computers. When you come across a something that you don't understand you can always look it up (all thanks to Wikipedia) and learn it. 2. You become good at what you do by practicing repeatedly. Few are born with talented. Most of people become good at that they do by practicing it. There's nothing that can stop anyone becoming good at the skill they are interested in other than themselves.