Just make sure it's rising pitch, not falling pitch

I'd trade in my excellent customer service skill for elite sniper skill. Can't let Luigi have all the fun.

My skill at driving a car would be transformed into helicopter pilot. I hear they make good money and I can always get a motorcycle or take Uber.

You had me at "teaching kids".

I'd lose my mind. Happier coding and vibin to music. You know, the OG vibe coding.

That or two vacant bodyes XD

On a more practical note. If you have some time to spare, i really would advise you (if you've got spare time ofc) to watch videos by 3b1b, the gray cuber, 2swap, lines that connect etc... While you don't come out with a complete mastery of the subject, you do get a really deep intuition which i can't seem to get from teachers. + you get to learn that math is trully FUN rather than jusy interesting ;)

I would trade all my skill and knowledge in history and geography for just being able to program in rust

I'd trade the ability to pick up my underwear with my foot and toss it into the laundry hamper for invisibility.

I would gladly change my math ability, that is small, for some musical ability, that is non existent.

I will check those out, thanks.

I have long understood that one of the problems with mathematics (and you see this in chemistry, physics, logic, etc) is that it is assumed that by learning to approach a problem algorithmically, an intuition has been formed. Then the test maker will throw a problem at you that does not follow the algorithm and the student who does not notice the relationship between two things is unable to complete it. This is basically where I am at with my statistics work--some basic probability questions still escape me.

Have you actually worked as a mechanic, then? I don't know who else would be pulling out the engine of a modern car.

It's true that you can make a good living as a tradesperson working on houses. A great living, even, if like in my area there's a shortage. I know mechanics and they seem okay, but I think they're all heavy mechanics, so that doesn't necessarily contradict you. One person that does auto bodies, too, which again, isn't different.

I totally get this, it's so frustrating when you know there is a geometric, aproachable and intuitive way to get at the subject and your proffessor just throws formulas at his students •π•

I just finished a course called Statistical Process Control. In brief, create two normal distributions and hope that the means of your customer specification and your manufacturing tolerances match up. If they don't fix it.

I put together a study guide of just equations. No information on how to use them or interpret their results, just the equations and it came to 14 pages. This professor provided an equation sheet for the final exam that listed 2 of them, suggesting that we should be able to derive the remainder. This seemed like a big ask and requiring additional cognitive load when not necessary, but, apparently, I am the exception in this course because I scored below the fourth quartile (66%) with a median of 82%. Guess the others could, indeed, do the derivations...

Fortunately my homework, course project, and course paper are much better and helped raise final grade. I found it frustrating because I believe that he is teaching towards those who need a guide rather than those who need to learn.

Good luck with that. It must be difficult in a field where everybody's got a head start on you. But i believe you can do it [insert never give up japanese man here] as you get more comfortable, pathways should start to form in your mind which will truly help to cut down on the cognitive load of memoryzing all the different variations of formulas ;)

Thanks, I appreciate the support.

So many folks here just mentioning things that with time and effort they could just straight-up learn.

Music isn't magic, Art isn't something you're born with

Music isn't magic, it's not an innate talent, but rather a skill.

And like every skill, with time and practice and research, anyone could learn it.

Just not everyone's got the time.

Trading my "people always want to tell me what went wrong in their life"-superpower for excellent executive function. Pretty please.

I'm a software engineer and picked up the ukulele because on of my kid was gifted one. When I feel tired or burnt I sit down and play a few songs and it actually gives me energy. I did play a bit of guitar in school so that helped me get going I guess.

I now have three ukuleles and a mini bass.

Respectfully disagree with you.

I've been taking music lessons for years, to find that I don't have the ear nor the rhythm for it.

Ten years of dance classes, I love the feeling of floating over the floor with an English Waltz. But ask me to stop counting in my head, or improvise rather than trained patterns, and I fall apart, just rocking in place.

Painting too. Aquarels, not acrylic. I don't have the imagination nor, again, the fine motor skills.

The Arts are not for me.

I am a man of electronics, mechanics, computing, soldering, Lego, woodworking, sailing, geometry, 3d modeling. And I can teach and plan and organise.

It's all practical, tangible stuff. That is who I am.

I feel you. When trying to paint I want to make an exact copy of reality because I can't imagine what is the essential thing to make something recognizable as it. I can't imagine it well enough in my head.

Don't want, both jobs are being decimated by AI, so you should have plenty of time to learn whatever you want real soon.

Sounds like you've just not found the right way to learn that works for you, tbh

Try taking some theory lessons, it helps with things immensely by giving a stronger foundation

Useful doesn't mean you'll enjoy it. I have the math skills but no musical skills. I wish I could sit on my patio and strum a guitar.

Eh you can’t ignore the effect talent has on skill development. Their brain can literally be wired in a way that something like rhythm can be difficult to master whereas someone else can pick it up easily. Some of these things you’re just born with and can never change.

The same applies to high level math and art

Have you read Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain? Could help you think about art differently.

I'd keep music skills, OP. The world has enough calculators.

It's at most a headstart

It’s more of a multiplier. Regardless of practice someone without talent will never catch a talented and dedicated person.

Huh, I guess that explains all those bands of musicians where none of them had any talent and then went on to have zero success, such as AC/DC, Slayer and Metallica

Mainstream musical success is not a metric of musical skill. However if you look at any violin soloist, they have to be talented.

Also I’d also argue many of those band members do have talent.

Nah, Metallica are talentless hacks, they're famous for it

I see you didn’t refute my primary argument.

The calculators do music now though, and no one cares :(

I just don't think it's true tbh, and you're selling yourself short

I have no evidence and don't care enough to find any either

Na i am good. I might be just a bartender, but I gave so much to become one of the best in my trade. Giving away that would mean giving away part of myself. I paid a high price to get where I am now and I am good damn proud of myself.

But if I had to I would want to git gud. Always wanted to be able to beat Dark Souls with ease.

I'm in the same boat as him. I have zero talent or understanding if music and art

Math comes very easily and naturally to me. Even advanced calculus felt east to learn

I couldn't sing a single song from memory. Not in a, "I'm bad at singing" way. Literally I don't remember a single song. I have memorized songs before, but it's quick to forget them, because it's just that to me - memorization

With practice and effort I can memorize songs and generally replicate patterns to make music, but that's it. It isn't really learning music

It literally is.

That's all learning music is, remembering more and more patterns, and then fucking around to see if you can combine them in interesting ways.

You all sound like you've just started, hit a chest-high wall and then went "this must be all there is! Woe is me!" instead of just climbing over the wall

3b1b, the gray cuber, 2swap, lines that connect etc…

I just went and subscribed to these channels. Their videos will pop up in my feed over time.

I have spent the last few months watching Mind Your Decisions and AndyMath. I can follow what they are doing but do not feel that I could always/necessarily reproduce what they do if given a novel problem. I am hopeful that continuing to go through these will help me build up a solid repertoire of thinking skills.

If you have other channel suggestions, please share!

I'll look up the rest once i'm on wifi

Found a few others you might want to look into :
-stand up math. The videos are a bit more shallow in and of themselves, but they do touch on some quite obscure and deep math subjects.
-numberphile. Great one offs, a bit less entertaining... Took me some time to get into it but there's a huge backlog

I was just thinking about you. Thanks so much for coming back here for this. I’ll check these out.

Oh and, there also zye. Almost forgot... He's very new but very fun and intersting to watch.

Have fun conquering math

In a bizarre way, I can feel myself developing statistical intuitions. I’m becoming more confident but not necessarily competent haha.

Either way you are doing good ദ്ദി√(^^^ᗜ^^^ ),>

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