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This is immensely useful. I'm currently 3 months into what I originally predicted would be at least 2 years learning enough programming skills to be useful (an

This is immensely useful. I'm currently 3 months into what I originally predicted would be at least 2 years learning enough programming skills to be useful (and possibly even employable at some level), having made a decision to leave teaching in the UK (and then being made redundant rather than the 'tapering off' I had planned!). I've got a long, varied history in all sorts of general computer knowledge (having run a linux server at home for years, web programming of horrifically low quality, various non-starts in various programming languages), and am finding that a lot of that is actually useful, but self-studying is hard, and being 46 and having forgotten a lot of the maths I learned at school means I'm spending an hour a day doing that before making any programming/CS/etc progress. I think it's easy to get lost or bogged down in a lot of thing stuff, and having a fresh load of information to cast my eyes over is much appreciated.

faitswulff 9y ago
What kind of work are you looking to find at the end of this journey? And what kind of mathematics are you studying? As a beginner several years ago, this page helped me develop a healthier attitude toward mathematics and programming that got me to just start programming: > 1 + 1 = 2 > - The minimum level of math skill needed for an interesting program http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/about/ http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/about/ If mathematics is necessary for what you want, then by all means, continue to study it! However, the link between mathematics and programming, or even computer science and programming, can be more tenuous than it would seem.
- thethirdone 9y ago
  > However, the link between mathematics and programming, or even computer science and programming, can be more tenuous than it would seem. I would even say that computer science is more connected to mathematics than it is to programming. Very little of everyday programming necessitates an understanding of computer science. Whereas pretty much any computer science research requires a deep knowledge of mathmatics.

faitswulff 9y ago

What kind of work are you looking to find at the end of this journey? And what kind of mathematics are you studying? As a beginner several years ago, this page helped me develop a healthier attitude toward mathematics and programming that got me to just start programming: > 1 + 1 = 2 > - The minimum level of math skill needed for an interesting program http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/about/ http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/about/ If mathematics is necessary for what you want, then by all means, continue to study it! However, the link between mathematics and programming, or even computer science and programming, can be more tenuous than it would seem.

thethirdone 9y ago
> However, the link between mathematics and programming, or even computer science and programming, can be more tenuous than it would seem. I would even say that computer science is more connected to mathematics than it is to programming. Very little of everyday programming necessitates an understanding of computer science. Whereas pretty much any computer science research requires a deep knowledge of mathmatics.