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Seems to me programming is more a discipline of logic, reason, communication and organisation than mathematics.
by 0x20cowboy 4y ago
Seems to me programming is more a discipline of logic, reason, communication and organisation than mathematics.
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoAnd yet admissions to most university level CS programs require high math grades, and the profession as a whole skews towards individuals with high enthusiasm for math. (FWIW I was unable to pursue a CS degree for this reason. I came out of high school without the right math pre-requisites for the Canadian university system. I got a career in software development nonetheless... and 20 years on I have never really needed to use any of the math they demanded I take... Even after 10 years @ Google I still get the odd door closed on me because of my lack of a CS degree... I might be a little bitter as a result)
- pessimizer 4y agoCS is actually math, not really programming at all. You can get through a CS degree without being a competent programmer.
- acchow 4y agoYou can get through a CS degree at some universities with barely any programming at all (maybe 3 courses involving programming)
- thfuran 4y agoThat sounds exactly like mathematics to me.
- 0x20cowboy 4y agoWhile I get where you are coming from, I myself am a decent programmer, and a terrible mathematician. So from my N of 1, they can’t be the same skillset.