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Thanks for sharing. I have been contemplating this as well. I do have a degree in CS, did take a decent amount of math in college (vector calculus, linear alge
by codesushi42 7y ago
Thanks for sharing. I have been contemplating this as well.
I do have a degree in CS, did take a decent amount of math in college (vector calculus, linear algebra, discrete math), and aced all my courses. More than 10 years out of college I still retain a lot of what I learned.
I work in AI and get paid well. But that said, I wish I had a graduate degree. And the most useful subject would be math I feel.
You see, like many others I didn't find that learning a lot of math would be useful. Yes, I was aware of its uses in 3d graphics and even learned about quaternions in college. But beyond that I was ignorant of how useful it would be for analyzing data. And I really tired of having to do proofs in college, so I didn't want to have anymore to do with something so difficult and unapplied.
Unfortunately I have found that you need the math background to work on what would be more interesting problems to me. And recently there are a lot more of these problems where math is important because of the AI wave. I am in my 30s and I'm thinking it is too late. But I am still considering going for an Applied Math Masters offered online by UW. See here for anyone who may be interested.
https://www.appliedmathonline.uw.edu/academic-experience/courses/ https://www.appliedmathonline.uw.edu/academic-experience/cou...