No issues here either. Perhaps it's an AWS local to you? Or your region?

If it's for you, it's maybe some hiccup in my zone (Italy)

If they are learning... and learning effectively and efficiently. It doesn't matter. If you think the videos take too much time... you could suggest he try a "video speed-up" plugin... watch things at like 130% or 140%.

Stack Overflow has a good system.

Weight the reviews... 1 star gets .5 points, 5 star gets 1. Then balance it out. Or take those 1 star reviews with a grain of salt. I don't think you are risk adverse to reading books... I think you keep talking yourself out of it. So, next time you have a book suggestion... go get it and read it. Ignore the reviews. +1 for the Library if you have one that has the book. Easier to ignore reviews that way. :)

I've always looked at Introversion/Extroversion using the battery example. As an Introvert, we recharge our battery by being alone, and drain it in groups. An extrovert is the opposite... charge in groups, drain when alone.

Outside of "charging your battery", it's a matter of skills and preferences. You can learn to deal with groups better, and (when allowed) pick the events you want to deal with.

If those meetings are important, don't avoid them. But if they are "social gathers because someone wants you to go"... then you can think twice.

I think it all depends on what sort of programming you want to do. I do a lot of internal web development for a business. Math is rarely used beyond the basics. Algorithms and such just aren't needed. Problem solving and applying logic to an problem/project is... but the high-end maths? Nope.

So... decide what sort of work you want to do, and plan accordingly.

Probably because it's a cool (albeit overused) effect to make people thing "future".

Welcome to the team! We all feel that way at some point. Others have given some excellent reasons why this happens... so I'll just leave you with a quote.

"If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room." - Someone on The Internet

Ahah love that's quote, but if we thinking about it, the world would be full of rooms with only one person in each

Check out Simple Programmer. He has a lot of articles and email list stuff about building a blog. Quality content on a regular basis is key. Be consistent, and keep writing.

I just wanted to echo this, John is a hard worker and a great resource for people. I know some people are turned off by his writing style, but his blog is an excellent example of a well-executed content marketing strategy.

Disclaimer: I occasionally author articles for him.

Pronounced "pie tree" or "pee tree"? as in "pitri dish"?

As @arkitaip said... it doesn't say anything to me, but that isn't a bad thing. Depending on how it's pronounced, it may not be very phonetic in spelling, so if you plan on using the internet, people will need to know how to spell your company to find your website.