Definitely. No question is a stupid question. No pace is too slow if you’re learning. Every brain learns with a snowball effect that it doesn’t notice, until one day someone says, “Damn. You’re like a whiz at this stuff, huh?”

The “most” people you mention are simply doing something they’re disinterested in. Sadly, this seems to be most people. But I could have a career in many things; mechanic, business planner, conservationist, counselor, physician, goes on and on, they’re all appealing. I like problem-solving. I used to do graphic design and people said I was great at it, but I realised I just like learning the software and nailing the criteria. I actually really didn’t like creating new stuff. Tried learning and my brain would just switch off. Beyond the basics of art theory, my brain just didn’t give a fuck. So I realised I liked the problem-solving part and started learning analytics and that’s certainly scratched the itch. Years on, can’t stop learning, must level up. Must solve harder problems. Must get Eureka dopamine hit after a soul-crushing week of data riddles.

Got a new hire that started five months ago that was definitely not the strongest candidate and very new to the field. They’re a sponge and knew they would be. But a few times I’ve busted them still on Teams way after work hours. I don’t like that at all and there’s definitely no reason for them to be, but clearly playing with data and learning it has become a hobby. We’ll see after their honeymoon phase with it is over…if it even ends.