This could’ve been written by me, it so closely matches my own experience. I know too well the “hit with a bag of bricks” realization that much of your professional life has been more or less you winging it. Math has that tendency of shining a bright ugly light on your real capability. It’s deeply humbling.

I’ve been using MathAcademy, trying to do at least one lesson each night after the kid is asleep. But instead of rote memorization, I sit with each problem until I truly and deeply understand it.

It’s going to be a long time before I’m mathematically competent, but there’s nowhere to go but up.