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1. I have negligible chance of understanding your abstract algebra and 2. I'll never, ever, get to use it in the real world.
by _a_a_a_ 4y ago
1. I have negligible chance of understanding your abstract algebra and 2. I'll never, ever, get to use it in the real world.
- Salgat 4y agoMight as well take an Introduction to Semiconductor Devices engineering course while you're at it. Just as relevant when it comes to software development.
- tptacek 4y agoAbstract algebra is more relevant to the general practice of cryptography engineering than semiconductor engineering is to the general practice of writing software.
- Salgat 4y agoI'm talking specifically about the requirements for your average software developer, not a developer trying to specifically study cryptography.
- _a_a_a_ 4y agoI'm sure it is but it also has negligible application to quotidian grunt-programming which is regrettably what 99.9% of people on HN do. Learning a skill that seems never to get used seems completely pointless to me. That's a critique of industry, not of linear algebra by the way.