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Re:Ask HN: Can below average math guys become better program... by RollAHardSix on Sunday April 22, 2012 @12:23AM (#3873953)
*As long as you aren't hoping for a university degree. Saw many, many, many below-maths students not able to complete a CS Degree and some not even Software Eng. because of a lack of Mathematics skills.

However, you're ability to conceptualize, use, alter, convert, code, write modules, etc won't be effected as long as you put in the necessary effort.

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Re:Ask HN: Can below average math guys become better program... by Tangaroa on Sunday April 22, 2012 @12:54AM (#3874020)
Seconding this. In senior year of university, the math requirements of the CS track went from second-grade arithmetic to being expected to have finished your math minor. It was quite the jarring shift.

If you want to program, you don't need to know much in the way of mathematics. If you want to program well, knowing advanced math will open up new possibilities for problem solving. If you want a CS degree, start taking math courses now.

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