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Many non-programmers think that math is 90% of what we do. They don't realize that programming is instead mostly logic, not hard math. 99% of a business softw
by Spoom 11y ago
Many non-programmers think that math is 90% of what we do. They don't realize that programming is instead mostly logic, not hard math.
99% of a business software developer's math usage is going to be elementary school algebra or less complicated. If you're doing game development, HFT, or certain other specialized fields, there will be a lot more math, but that doesn't apply for the vast majority of programming out there.
- kasey_junk 11y agoFor the record, I've worked in HFT (and other forms of quantitative finance) and math was a very small percentage of what I did in any of those industries as well.