Why are programming classes so math heavy when you barely use any math when on the job?
Why are programming classes so math heavy when you barely use any math when on the job?
Tyler Flores
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Samuel Watson
Well, if you are going to university, you should expect some theory (=math) and not just learning practical skills.
If all you want is to get programming job, university is not necessary and arguably even wasteful.
Easton Sanders
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Julian Walker
It filters the retards
Colton Jackson
It's so you learn things like bubble sort is not fast.
Xavier Bell
does math help at all in learning most useful (job-wise) programming?
man researched the impact of maths to the programming lessons
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A new study on the Impact of Programming on Primary Mathematics Learning is generating some buzz on Twitter amongst K-12 CS educator types.
>1. Programming did not benefit mathematics learning compared to traditional activities
>2. There's a negative though small effect of programming on mathematics learning
>3. Mindful "high-road transfer" from programming to mathematics is not self-evident
>4. Visual programming languages might distract students from mathematics activities
Joshua Carter
most of school is just a mental/social obstacle course to filter out the retards
Eli Brooks
Math is fucking amazing user, stop being a moron and learn to love it. And to answer your question, there will be a time maybe a decade from now when knowing math will solve your problems. Trust the flow of things.
Eli Cruz
and that's a good thing
Jonathan Reed
The math is a filter.
Robert Richardson
Its white gatekeeping against BIPOCs
Anthony Jenkins
Math is more than just plugging and chugging algebra and calculus equations.
If you don’t understand what a proof is how can you prove that your algorithms actually do what you claim that they do? Even simple shit like the pigeon hole principle is extremely useful in everyday programming.
Landon Gutierrez
To distinguish educated white people from desperate pajeets trying to get a job
Kayden Fisher
I do this naturally with common sense and without math degree
Tyler Allen
What the other user said, being able to write proofs and reason about them is a valuable skill.
Jaxon Baker
White fragility has entered the thread
Lucas Taylor
Alright
Let a, b, c be elements of the set N.
If b+c
Josiah Clark
To clarify: N is the set of natural numbers
Aiden Baker
This user gets it
Bentley Williams
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Xavier Reed
There's usually a distinction between programming itself (how to write Java code) and computer science concepts (algorithms, data structures).
If you know the former, it's often possible to get by without the latter- but you'll end up writing very inefficient/ugly/insecure code, because you're ignorant of concepts that would allow you to solve the problem with better performance, more elegantly, and more securely.