This rings so true for me. I never got math the way it was taught, since it was "principle first, then examples", whereas I always generalise from concrete examples. I'm great at finding patterns.
In fact, I build software bottom-up too. I've always struggled to do plans and outlines.
I had mountains of data and no good way to analyze it. My prof expected me to use a theory - but my data didn't fit any of the theories at that time. And I didn't know enough to come up with a new hypothesis.
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