“In the fields of STEM, a lot of it is truly believing you can, and then take the time and patience to work through the details, be it an equation, a piece of code, a new concept etc. For each topic, there are usually a very small number of hard parts that really require you to power through. And once you get through those you gain a tremendous amount of knowledge and confidence. And do it again. Don’t let a failure stop you and seek peers to form your support network.”