@skypage @thor
In the case of the guy that I work with, I imagine that he was a hard worker in his previous field, because he is a hard worker here. He struggles. There are concepts that seem simple to me because I have been doing it for a while that he struggles with, ne he keeps pushing forward and learning.
You don't have to be the exception to the rule in intelligence. You do need to be the exception in work ethic and in your unwillingness to give up.