> people with 10+ years experience who think "fundamentals don't really matter." Sounds like people who think "programming is not math". Granted, it's quite u

> people with 10+ years experience who think "fundamentals don't really matter." Sounds like people who think "programming is not math". Granted, it's quite unlike the math we were taught in high school. But it does have patterns, opportunities for simplification, similar correctness problems, and sometimes good honest Math™ with geometry, linear algebra, and more. One can easily miss that when they assume programming is not math to begin with. Even if those programmers didn't know the fundamentals behind animation systems, they could have reached for those if they recognised that this part may have some significant math behind it, and sought out relevant material.