Math is not necessary for software development
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Math is not necessary for software development
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Re: Math is not necessary for software development
#2Apparently math isn't necessary but logic and all the other skills that go with math is.
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#3Logic is part of mathematics, and mathematics as actually practiced - not as taught in schools - is far from repetitive.
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#4What is a variable? function? you might be astonished at how many lawyers don't even understand what true and false mean. I guess some programmers use algebra so much that they forget they are using algebra and consider it just writing. (You don't need to know how to move your legs man! All you got to do is walk.)
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#5the apps you can build without mathematics are limited to crappy Facebook clones.
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#6Logic > Math
This is false.
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#7I work in computer graphics software development. Math is an absolute necessity in this field. But only up to a degree, you do not have to be able to do multivariable calculus, but you need to generally understand matrices and vectors.
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#8Maths is fun anyway ;)
Re: Math is not necessary for software development
#9Nothing is needed in terms of academic training - a good mind can work around lots of things.
If you're a poor communicator, you can still develop software, it's just harder. Same with knowing low level languages, and what goes on in Operating Systems. And math too. We all bring toolsets. The more tools, the better.
Also - logic is very much a part of math. Good geometry classes involve a lot of proving. In the end, the lesson from Geometry is proving things as much as it is the sum of angles of triangles between parallel lines.
Re: Math is not necessary for software development
#10The best programmers I've met have consistently had very strong math backgrounds or a deep respect for the clarity of thinking associated with higher math. People need to stop confusing math with arithmetic.