I was told I need to be good a math to be a programmer. Turns out they were totally wrong. Don’t listen to people that say you need x to be y. Most of the time, it’s just someone’s bias opinion.
The amount and type of math skills needed depend on which type of programming you are doing. I suspect they should have said you need to be able to think logically. And if you think logically you are assumed to be good at math.
Myself I think doing proofs in geometry class was the best preparation for being a developer. Most of the people whom I have known, and whom I believed were very good or excellent developers loved their geometry class. That is not proof, just an observation.
Really almost any profession you should (not need) to be able to read, write and do arithmetic. Public speaking is useful too.
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I was told I need to be good a math to be a programmer. Turns out they were totally wrong. Don’t listen to people that say you need x to be y. Most of the time, it’s just someone’s bias opinion.
The amount and type of math skills needed depend on which type of programming you are doing. I suspect they should have said you need to be able to think logically. And if you think logically you are assumed to be good at math.
Myself I think doing proofs in geometry class was the best preparation for being a developer. Most of the people whom I have known, and whom I believed were very good or excellent developers loved their geometry class. That is not proof, just an observation.
Really almost any profession you should (not need) to be able to read, write and do arithmetic. Public speaking is useful too.