[nerdponx]

I learned right from FIS without any "warmup" from Strang-level material and it was rough to say the least. I came away with a good final grade and a very poor understanding of most of what I was doing, I was just grinding through proofs with little practical intuition. Good reference book, but very difficult to learn from, especially with a professor who seemed to love abstract math and didn't place high value on geometric intuition.