If she’s to be of utmost use to Rainbow, it will be important that she learns when and where to let go. I suspect the latter stems from the fact that Weiss simply doesn’t want to “give up the day”. In the same vein, she suffers from bouts of insomnia. įield reports mention that Weiss can become obsessive when tackling challenges. I pointed out a third reason – academic research can be rewarding but it’s typically highly focused and structured, leaving less room for the wildly creative approach that Weiss naturally possesses and that our special operations encourage. She said it was an opportunity to work with state-of-the-art equipment and express her love for her country at the same time. Weiss was coveted by companies and universities from around the world, but she chose law enforcement. It’s hardly surprising, then, that Weiss inherited their combined talent for focused disruption. She described her mother as “someone madly obsessed with finding patterns in chaos.” Her father was the kind to launch experimental rockets from the family garage. Her parents encouraged Weiss and her siblings to stretch their imaginations as much as their intellect. But I do think she would benefit from reaching out to some of the other specialists beyond the usual training exercises and research. Of course, I’m not interested in pushing Weiss into making friends – that’s not my role, nor hers.
It isn’t unusual for people with exceptional intelligence to be uncomfortable socializing. It’s clear they’re important to her and she confided that she doesn’t have any close friends because only her family understands her. Weiss says she and her siblings are typical overachievers and jokes that even she gets worn out at family gatherings. During our meeting, Weiss exuded so much natural vitality that I felt the same exhaustive rush I remember from completing my first marathon. When she does manage to pull herself away from rock climbing, spelunking, and – well, countless other athletic and intellectual pursuits, she writes science-fiction. Specialist Monika “IQ” Weiss is as active physically as she is intellectually. After two years with the BPOL she was recruited by the GSG 9. Both the physical and mental challenges of the job appealed to Weiss and she quickly moved through the ranks. Rainbow Six Siege Merchandise IQ Character Video Game Video Gaming Gamer R6 Siege Tom Clancy Rainbow Six Seige Wall Art Cubicle Locker Mini Art Poster 8x12. Weiss returned to Germany to work with military technology research before joining the Bundespolizei (BPOL) as an officer.
Weiss then joined CalTech for graduate studies in experimental electrical engineering. She was invited to MIT, where she focused on electrical engineering, achieving accolades for her research in Microelectronics. Thriving in the gifted program enabled Weiss to complete her first internship with a local tech company at the age of sixteen. Weiss’s mother is a renowned mathematician and her father is an inventor whose high academic standards encouraged Weiss and her siblings to win numerous awards in math, science, and music throughout their school years. “Life is the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine.”