> Given my situation, how would you try to convince me that I should learn math and how would I teach myself the actually interesting parts without getting bogg

> Given my situation, how would you try to convince me that I should learn math and how would I teach myself the actually interesting parts without getting bogged down by doing lengthy calculations that a computer could do. I don't think I have enough information about you to answer this, but I'll make a suggestion anyway. Since you did 30 years in tech, try Donald Knuth's Art of Computer Programming. Despite the name, it really is a book for the math-oriented. He has thousands of exercises with complete solutions for each, and every exercise has a "rating" (estimated number of minutes to complete), and exercises that require more math are marked as such. The first volume covers fundamental stuff, the second numerical analysis (with a nice discussion of random number generators), the third sorting algorithms, and the fourth combinatorics problems. You can jump into any volume without a strong background in math. You can get them used and in great condition for a good price. Lots of people just buy them and let them sit on their shelf for years.