Disclaimer: this comment is based on feeling alone, I have no hard numbers to back this up. Reader discretion is advised! I've been thinking about this a lot l

Disclaimer: this comment is based on feeling alone, I have no hard numbers to back this up. Reader discretion is advised! I've been thinking about this a lot lately. From an outsider's perspective, programming is all about knowing syntax, function names, eccentricities etc. In reality, it's all about understanding what exactly is the outcome you want, and describing exactly what needs to happen to get there. It's a descriptive science in its entirety, but this isn't how you see most people on social media (read: the Internet) approach the subject. I think the problem lies in that, from the outsider's perspective, the things you can do with software are a lot more interesting than things you can do with math, so when you see people talking about math, it's because they love and interact with math, however when you see people talking about programming, it's because people love and interact with finished software. Problem solving is a production topic, but software and programming is more often discussed through the lens of consumption. Software design gets clicks, mathematics less so.