[janderson3]

Also in math, you spend a majority of your time not understanding things. As soon as you understand something in math, you immediately move on to the next thing you don't understand. As opposed to say engineering where you tend to get good at a particular process and applying it. In math confusion is the default state.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

> In math confusion is the default state.

I love that!

I find that in engineering, too. I write about that here:

https://medium.com/chrismarshallny/thats-not-what-ships-are-...

[Rerarom]

I agree (I think Andrew Wiles said something like this but I can't find it now).

When I was younger and my dream was to become a programmer, I imagined (probably rightfully so) my default state in life would be feeling very secure in the fact that I am an expert in my job and know advanced stuff and so on. Now that I became a mathematician instead, I miss that sort of self-assurance.