There's this mythical belief that programmers like to tell themselves: "I'm as good at math as I am programming." It turns out that for many, this idea is far

There's this mythical belief that programmers like to tell themselves: "I'm as good at math as I am programming." It turns out that for many, this idea is far from the truth. The similarities are superficial. The notation is abstract artifice. Math is not programming. Programming is not math. If you try to take what you know, and instictively use in one context, and try to walk it over to the other, and directly reapply it, you'll surprise yourself at the amount of disappointment experienced.