IQ and SAT might provide benchmarks for intelligence, but they have no correlation with the desire and ability to complete a large task. Everyone knows that smart kid in high school/college who sat around playing WOW and drinking Mt Dew all day. Y Combinator does not want him.
In addition, sometimes the not-as-smart kid who has a good idea and a lot of motivation can accomplish something great.
If you did not spend months working on something, possibly crying at times with frustration and jumping around euphorically when you hit a new milestone, you have not done something with a high level of ability.
In addition, sometimes the not-as-smart kid who has a good idea and a lot of motivation can accomplish something great.
If you did not spend months working on something, possibly crying at times with frustration and jumping around euphorically when you hit a new milestone, you have not done something with a high level of ability.