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Not essential for large chunks of business software. But math can open up lots of new domains for programming, and extend your abilities. I'd argue you're pre
by UK-Al05 5y ago
Not essential for large chunks of business software.
But math can open up lots of new domains for programming, and extend your abilities.
I'd argue you're pretty limited to boring software without it.
- f6v 5y ago> But math can open up lots of new domains for programming Ironically, most scientific computing pays less than b2b or b2c. I think finance is where money is(sic).
- iamstupidsimple 5y agoEven standard business problems might have to tackle the complexities of scale, e.g. seemingly boring things like web crawling can get difficult fast without knowing the fundamentals. At the very least, knowing maths gives you a new perspective in tackling the problems you face even on boring CRUD apps.