Ask HN: What is your strongest natural intelligence? Worried about mine.
Strengths and weaknesses - I could basically write a novel on all of my perceptions about myself. If I had to pick my greatest strength, it would be my close relationship with myself. I know this sounds crazy, but I have done a lot of research on understanding myself, and although not proven scientifically, it is generally true that people generally have intelligences in certain categories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences#Logical-mathematical
So, because of this, I am going to class with people who are logically more talented than I am. I have been able to hang in there because I started programming before college, and I am extremely motivated to do it even though it takes me 3X as long to understand. Where it shows even more is in my math classes, where obviously as strong logical mind is crucial - my only classes where I don't get A's.
Other CS students beat me in logical thinking, but I understand myself and my goals more, and therefore am more motivated. Understanding myself more also means I can generally relate to others easier. In fact, although I am basically introverted, when having "real" conversations with people, I really connect.
So I have a big weakness, which causes me to learn advanced/theoretical concepts more difficultly, but I also have a big strength, which gives me infinite amounts of motivation to do anything that I feel is advancing myself to where I want to be; also I have better social skills than MOST (in general) technical people.This motivation makes me dream – it makes me think of “bigger” things, I click better with philosophy/english students than my own kind. Opinions?
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