There is nothing "mathematical" in being a developer, unless your job is related to math, finance, crypto algorithms, etc... I've known guys back in my CS clas

There is nothing "mathematical" in being a developer, unless your job is related to math, finance, crypto algorithms, etc... I've known guys back in my CS classes who got straight A's in the hard CS theory and had C's in the required calc courses, where the grading curves were shared by students from all majors. Let's admit it -- being a developer is like learning a new language -- what's so different from constructing logical sentences with C# than constructing logical statements with a foreign language? Yes there is a DIFFERENCE, but really, the basic building blocks are the same... When I was 11, I learned c++ with a buddy (also 11) and after school we'd work on fun little games together. I know I would never cut it in a pure math phd-type track and he definitely wasn't able to hack it when he got to college and majored in math -- he dropped out and switched majors halfway.