Re:Foundational knowledge is worth a thousand tools
by urthor on Thursday January 12, 2023 @07:25PM
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It's a fine balance.
Software Engineering is a profession that deeply revolves around saving people time.
The tiniest fraction of software engineering involves goals other than "saving humans minutes."
The foundational knowledge of software engineering, mathematics, linking real world problems to discrete mathematical foundations.
Projection of subsets, grouping abstractions, logarithmic graphs.
It's valuable, because it saves time.
Almost the entirety of mathematics was discarded to identify that foundational knowledge.
Keep in mind, human life will always involve juggling multiple different worries at once, & compromising.
Software Engineering is a profession that deeply revolves around saving people time.
The tiniest fraction of software engineering involves goals other than "saving humans minutes."
The foundational knowledge of software engineering, mathematics, linking real world problems to discrete mathematical foundations. Projection of subsets, grouping abstractions, logarithmic graphs.
It's valuable, because it saves time.
Almost the entirety of mathematics was discarded to identify that foundational knowledge.
Keep in mind, human life will always involve juggling multiple different worries at once, & compromising.
It's never a "do this, or do that" situation.