Things I was asked to do while job hunting

Re:Things I was asked to do while job hunting by ergot_vacation on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:37PM (#26765379)

Exact same thing here. I'm actually having a moment realizing this is more common than I thought. Everyone always acted like it was the easiest thing in the world (even the ones that hated math) and that I must have brain damage or something. But to this day, if you put a gun to my head, I could not tell you what 7*8 was in any less that a minute (and possible not at all without some paper to work it out).

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Re:Things I was asked to do while job hunting by cutemonster on Saturday April 10, 2021 @06:19PM (#26765704)

You don't happen to work with software anyone of you? I wonder if this "math dyslexia" has caused any tricky situations at the workplace

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Re:Things I was asked to do while job hunting by drewzero1 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @10:42PM (#26767113)

I failed tons of those timed tests in school and have gotten better at basic math only somewhat recently, by practicing with a calculator.

I don't work with software per se but I do write some software in the course of my work, and haven't had any issues from my difficulty with math. (At least, not since having to re-take Calculus and reshuffle my major back in college.)

One of the reasons I originally decided I wanted to work with computers was that (in a general sense) I could tell the computer to do the math for me. I always loved playing with calculators and seeing what I could get them to do.

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Re:Things I was asked to do while job hunting by cutemonster on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:51AM (#26807905)

Ok :-) thanks for the reply

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Re:Things I was asked to do while job hunting by ergot_vacation on Sunday April 11, 2021 @12:15PM (#26771385)

I only program as a hobby, but the math issues have certainly never caused problems there, which I've always been a little amused by, since everyone seems to assume amazing math is needed for programming. I DO comment the living hell out of my code though, due to memory/concentration issues, just so I can remember what each chunk does 15 minutes later.

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Re:Things I was asked to do while job hunting by cutemonster on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:47AM (#26807823)

Yes maths is rarely needed (unless one creates a 3d game engine or a neutral net implementation or airplanes for example)

> comment the living hell out of my code

I like comments too, the "Why" type of comments :-)

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Re:Things I was asked to do while job hunting by fermentation on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:32PM (#26767283)

I’m an engineer (embedded systems and graphics) and it has never once been an issue.

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Re:Things I was asked to do while job hunting by cutemonster on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:51AM (#26807888)

Graphics? Hmm when I was coding 3d graphics there was matrix multiplication and rotation etc,

makes me wonder if comparatively hard things like that, work fine, although some of the easy things don't?

And someone with dyslexia can write an amazingly good novel, I presume.

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