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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by WalterBright on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:01PM (#24163229)
Practicing math avoidance is indeed a path to a low paying career. This includes those who get engineering degrees while taking the minimum and easiest math courses possible. Then their jobs get outsourced.
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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by non-entity on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:02PM (#24163240)
> Practicing math avoidance is indeed a path to a low paying career.

Counterpoint: most software developers I've known.

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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by WalterBright on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:05PM (#24163265)
The well paid developers I know are good at math and aren't afraid of it.
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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by vkou on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:09PM (#24163301)
Counterpoint: You can get a FANG job, and make it to senior engineer, without knowing a lick of math past O(N).
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