It may be obvious but not worthless to write about.

Yes I thought everybody knew by now that intelligence is pretty much insignificant when you're up against somebody with years of experience at something.

There was even a very popular pop psych book about it that everyone has read (Outliers).

Your high IQ might get you good grades in elementary but gaining skill (which is what you're all talking about) is done through practice.

but there is also this: http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/07/the-10000-hours-myth-practi...