tbf all good programmers are good at math. Not classic arithmetic necessarily, but at the very least applied calculus. It's a crime how many people used a mathematical discipline every day, but don't think they're "good at math" because of how lazer focused the world is on algebra, geometry and trig as being all that "math" is.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (21 children)

Serious question; how does Calculus apply to programming? I’ve never understood.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

good physics/graphics engine require calculus

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How?

Again, legit question.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If you write them yourself. Then you actually need a bit of math.

But claiming that you need math skills as a programmer because some kinds of programs need you to know maths is like claiming every programmer needs to know a lot about logistics because some people write software for warehouses.

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