I'm the same. Self taught, brain is not mathematically oriented and it feels like a gap in my abilities. People will often say something like, "You don't reall

I'm the same. Self taught, brain is not mathematically oriented and it feels like a gap in my abilities. People will often say something like, "You don't really need math" for programming but that is missing the point, in my opinion. The point is that it feels to me (after many years of experience and working with many great programmers) that people with a mathematically oriented mind tend to find certain common programming realms easier to grasp. It makes them faster and more productive as they almost intuitively "get" things that are oriented in the same manner as their brain already works. For others (me) I have much more trouble in these areas and have to really pound my head on the problem to even get close to understanding it as fluently as they do. They probably do not realize this but it's a real struggle (I've had a few occasions where the other person seemed genuinely confused that I was not really "getting it").