All my life, I've been late to the party: I became an Airline Pilot 20 years too late. I started an online marketing agency 10 years too late. I started having kids 5 years too late. Which is why I still can't believe I've stumbled in early to #bitcoin and #nostr.
Put your zaps where your likes are.
You don't need to be intelligent. But you do need to be good at recognising intelligence in others. Thankfully over the last Decade I've heeded the advice of intelligent people, and my life is in a far better place because of it.