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Re:Ask HN: Am I too dumb for life, CS and STEM? on Thursday November 22, 2018 @06:13AM (#18509294)
Thank you :)
Re:Ask HN: Am I too dumb for life, CS and STEM? on Thursday November 22, 2018 @06:12AM (#18509292)
Oh... I was thinking about trying out some web development stuff, but because of other issue I haven't tried doing so yet.

Also, gotta investigate what vb.net is. Never heard of it before!

Thanks for your response ;)

Re:Ask HN: Am I too dumb for life, CS and STEM? on Thursday November 22, 2018 @06:08AM (#18509270)
I'm happy you found a good career in security. I understand what you mean, having said so, it's really hard to find a different life path different from the one I use to want to have because I feel really lost (and I become completely insecure) whenever I think about it.

This is something I must research and "decide" by myself, but needless to say, it's hard.

Thanks for replying and for sharing your personally story :)

Re:Ask HN: Am I too dumb for life, CS and STEM? on Thursday November 22, 2018 @05:48AM (#18509200)
I visited a psychologist recently, she told me that because I didn't exhibit many symptoms when I was younger I probably do not.

The loosing things around and lack of situational awarness is something that doesn't resonate with me at all. I'm more of a massive procrastinator, though.

So I do not know.

Thanks for the link, it was really interesting to read other people's experiences!

Re:Ask HN: Am I too dumb for life, CS and STEM? on Thursday November 22, 2018 @04:01AM (#18508791)
I've recently been to a psychologist, so yeah, about the suicidal part.

I understand what you mean, but it's just so hard for me to keep up with other people. I am just awkward and I do not know how to interact with them. I literally have a relationship maintenance problem, in a way :D

>In the end,I think you'll do fine in general. I don't know if STEM or compsci is for you based on what you mentioned but my advice is to at least persistently pursue your dreams. I would also highly recommend investing in relationships with people(personal,academic and professional) life is too hard on your own.

Indeed. Thanks a lot for replying and for the encouraging message:)

Re:Ask HN: Am I too dumb for life, CS and STEM? on Thursday November 22, 2018 @03:58AM (#18508777)
>. I would have be Einstein or he would have been second Me. :))

This made me laugh :D

>Practical advice: Start from the beginning. Find a math book for school and start again. Page after page. If stuck, find another book of the same category... and so on.. I used to read about 40 (no joke) books on linear algebra before my first undersanding kicked in. (mind you 90% of those were abandoned in their first 1/5 text, cause I just stopped understanding the material (it got too complex). Of those 40 books only once I was able to finish a book with complete understanding. (it was the last of the bunch :)

Oh, wow, that's a hell of a lot of books. I'll look into it for sure. After reading or quasi-reading all of those books, did they change the way you thought?

Thanks for replying :)

Ask HN: Am I too dumb for life, CS and STEM?

I'm a 19 years old uni drop out, who is from and lives in a small town in Spain, but I am Ukrainian Citizen because of my parents and nationality acquisition issues. I'm very concerned with my intelligence and with my complete inability to form and maintain relationships with other people.I've spent most of my life on the IT ever since '11. When I was a teenager, I told everyone in my town I...

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