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I can understand why you want to go fast.  You learn at lightning speed and high school classes seem beneath you. I did the same thing and ended up taking Grad level math courses at JHU my junior and senior year of high school.  

Looking back, I wished I had slowed down.  Being years ahead has certainly put me ahead of my age group, but there's a huge amount of value you miss when you dump all your effort into academic learning.

My advice is to take 20% of that passion and speed and put it into learning about people and social interactions.  The high school theatre class I took has been more valuable in the real world than number theory or compilers.

TL;DR - Been there, done that.  Found out that being well rounded and socially engaging is a force multiplier on being deeply technical. 



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