Re:Gilbert Strang Teaches Linear Algebra
by dbmikus on Friday February 21, 2020 @12:49PM
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Adtech does a lot of machine learning, so at least a surface level understanding of linear algebra is useful there.
Of the ~100 people in my immediate work area who work on a large ads product, about 4 of them do ML.
The overwhelming majority of adtech is like any other enterprise business - building CRUD apps.
If you want to work on adtech, CRUD apps, or uber-but-for-catsitters startups, probably not. I have been working on two out of the three for a decade, and in all this time, I haven't had to use a lick of linear algebra.
From an academic standpoint, it's arguably a more useful course for your general education than calculus (Which is a requirement for just about any degree), but less useful than statistics.
[1] If you ever intend to work for a quant firm, you should probably take a lot more math courses than just linear algebra.