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It's not the point, but a lot of people are going on and on about the lack of need for calculus as a programmer. If you even touch how any machine learning work
by mianos 3y ago
It's not the point, but a lot of people are going on and on about the lack of need for calculus as a programmer. If you even touch how any machine learning works it's all basic calculus and intermediate linear algebra under the hood.
Sure most people can get a long way without understanding anything under the hood but I think I am better developer knowing assembly and architecture. The same for ML, you can get by most of the time. You can also make a whole career not doing hard things. That's not for everyone.
- hnfong 3y ago> it's all basic calculus and intermediate linear algebra under the hood It's all bits and bytes under the hood, which in turn is just electric signals under the hood, and ultimately (hopefully) quantum mechanics under the hood. Are you an expert in all of these? Why arbitrarily stop at the calculus layer?
- mianos 3y agoYes I am trained in electronics but I don't think understanding that level of detail ever helped me find bugs or improve the performance and reliability as that level is fairly static so you have to play the cards you are dealt. The same with the underlying physics. I have never had any use for that and I am not sure why they taught it hat first up. Interesting all the same