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I was in 6th grade when my English teacher asked the class if anyone knew what a “duece” is. I answered, “When a match ties in tennis.” We were in a small Indian village in 2008, the teacher wasn’t expecting an answer because she purposefully chose that word to make a point about developing vocublary. She asked me with amusement, “How do you know that?” I told her, “I saw the word in the tennis video game I played.” Ever since then, these questions have never stopped. That’s all the boasting I’ll do for now and I promise its relevant to the topic. Before you proceed with this article, I would like you to read my thoughts on Creativity, Self-Doubt & Doing Remarkable Work. It will provide you with context and clarity on many things being discussed here. In 2002, 3 indian mathematicians created an algorithm to determine whether a number is prime in polynomial time. AKS primality test is the first primality-proving algorithm to be simultaneously general, polynomial-time, deterministic, and

Get good at everything, quickly. | Somdev Sangwan Skip to main content Get good at everything, quickly. I was in 6th grade when my English teacher asked the class if anyone knew what a “duece” is. I answered, “ When a match ties in tennis. ” We were in a small Indian village in 2008, the teacher wasn’t expecting an answer because she purposefully chose that word to make a point about developing vocublary. She asked me with amusement, “ How do you know that? ” I told her, “ I saw the word in the tennis video game I played. ” Ever since then, these questions have never stopped. “ WHY do you know

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