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Old 04-13-2004, 10:05 AM   #6 (permalink)
Stompy
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Originally posted by Rangsk
I don't see how someone could survive the programming workforce and get snatched by a well-paying company without a good basis in mathematics. You need to be able to work well with all the things I listed.
There are many avenues of programming, but not everything needs math! There's more syntax/logic than anything, but it all depends on what you do.

Of all the programmers I've ever known and worked with, only ONE had a degree and really any math experience past Calc... and I've known a lot.

I'm 23, but I've been working as a programmer since 16/17. I know a lot of people say you need math, but honestly, you don't. Again, depends on what you do, but I've made quite a large amount of solutions using all kinds of different languages.. Java, C++, C#, ASP, PHP, XML/XSL etc.. and I've yet to see a need or requirement for formal training in mathematics.

For example, you could write an SMTP/POP3 server, IRC client, query data from a DB, implement a DB structure in general, reporting on data, user/data interaction, etc... (and believe me, the list can go on and on and on) those don't require math to do efficiently.

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