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Re:A story of a designer learning math by tenaciousDaniel on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:46PM (#13477701)
I taught myself programming after graduating from art school. I never took calculus or trigonometry even in high school, so my math skills are as basic as you can get as an adult.

Still, I'm currently trying to teach myself math because it seems like it will help me improve as a developer. It's very hard, though, to learn this stuff when you're 32.

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Re:A story of a designer learning math by echelon on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @09:39PM (#13477966)
Why is it any harder at 32 than at 22?
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Re:A story of a designer learning math by faitswulff on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @10:07PM (#13478110)
It could be age related cognitive decline, real or imagined, but it could also be prioritizing any of the following over learning largely irrelevant mathematics: children and family, exercise, bills/finances/health care, social obligations, politics.

Plus, it's much more likely for a 22 year old to be able to go to college / grad school and be required to learn math.

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