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I personally think a strong mathematics background is under-rated, and it is uncommon for self-taughts to have one (speaking as one with that background). Of co

I personally think a strong mathematics background is under-rated, and it is uncommon for self-taughts to have one (speaking as one with that background). Of course, even a lot of CS grads don't have the kind of mathematics background I would espouse. It's not about the specific mathematical techniques, but the general way of thinking.

TamDenholm 16y ago
Personally I absolutely suck at maths, the only maths I use now is basic mental arithmetic. I'm also completely self taught, but agree with your concept that it's a "way of thinking", because I am a very logical person. Caveat emptor, I'm just a web dev, not a crazy 3d modeller or anything.
- NickPollard 16y ago
  I think a really important thing that many people realise is that Maths is not just numbers. Arguably most of Computer Science is a kind of Maths, really Maths is just an abstract notation for describing systems. For Programmers in particularly, I think Mathematical Functions[1] and Set theory[2] are some important areas that you should look at. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics) [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory