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>I can't say for certain that I would be able to pass calculus, linear algebra, discrete math, and differential equations, but I think that I would. To throw so
by aphextron 8y ago
>I can't say for certain that I would be able to pass calculus, linear algebra, discrete math, and differential equations, but I think that I would. To throw some elitism back at you; I wound not consider any of those subjects to be anything except pretty basic in the realm of mathematics.
It's not elitism. I'm saying this as someone who tried (and failed) to get a CS degree after working in the industry for 4 years as a self taught developer. Math classes have a way of exposing deficiencies you never even knew you had. It takes years of study to gain the mathematical maturity needed to pass these classes for anyone with just a basic American high school level of education. And yes, they are quite basic in the realm of mathematics as a whole, which makes it all the more disheartening. It made me gain a whole new level of respect and understanding for the necessity of these skills, and how they simply cannot be picked up along the way in the same manner as coding.