Re:A Software Engineer’s Adventures in Learning Mathematics
by decasteve on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @08:20PM
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It was a big hassle and a big life change. But I've always had in the back of my mind that I wanted to do it and I'm glad I did. I put it off because the money I was making, and the places I was traveling, was too good to pass up at the time. So I saved money with the idea that I would get the chance to go to school.
I did try to learn math as an autodidact before I began the degree. The more abstract the math, the harder it was for me to self-study. It was inefficient at best. At worst, I'd hit a wall and not have anyone to reach out to.
Re:A Software Engineer’s Adventures in Learning Mathematics
by hobbyist on Thursday February 05, 2015 @12:55AM
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I am guessing you went for a graduate degree in math. How hard was it to get admission? Would you like to recommend some good schools for doing something like you did. I am just a little younger but hungry for math knowledge.
I started studying math intensely (doing every exercise in books, etc) when I realized the same thing: math was a limiting factor for my programming ability. Michael Abrash hints about this in some article, and I sneered at it until I realized it was true.
I considered going back to do a math degree but the amount of hassle involved, as well as other life changes required, made that impossible.
I would like to know how it worked out for you. Are you glad you did a degree program? Do you feel you met people and made connections that were valuable, that couldn't be made by an autodidact?