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Comment on Ask HN: Can below average math guys become better programmers?

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This isn't a direct answer to your question - but why not work on obtaining a better background in mathematics? I guarantee you it isn't as hard as you think. Until you are at the very highest levels of numerical analysis or meta-mathematics, it's not beyond the cognitive capabilities of the average person - most people just give up and rationalize it by thinking it's beyond them.

Why is your math background so weak, in your opinion? If the answer is that you didn't put in the time, energy, and focus to learn it the first time around, then you have other problems beyond a weak mathematical ability. If it's that you never had good instruction, then it's worth the investment to find it.

Recently I started getting interested in math and science after connecting the dots using systems thinking. Several stuff in math is interrelated to different pieces within it. I didn't knew that at the time when I was in school. Yea I can become better at math, but I'm not sure if I should just focus on my strengths or improve my weakness i.e maths which can take alot of time. Maybe I can focus on things which will have big impact in my life ?

Yea I didn't had good instructure. I also changed alot of school during childhood, that may had changed curriculum alot of times and my basic math skills were messed up. Here in India they don't teach you much. Students here are more interested in getting that piece of certificate(graduation degree) and showing it to the employer rather than thinking about what to do with the knowledge they have. Sometimes they don't even have knowledge cuz they just do rote learning without connecting the dots or understanding the concepts.

I downloaded couple of ttc lectures, and they explain these stuff in a awesome way.

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