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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5546123" data-attributes="member: 8835">needing to be good at math is BS.&nbsp; I was a C student in math, but a genius in programming.&nbsp; I taught myself 6502 assembly when i was in 6th grade.&nbsp; I've written 3d transformations, geocoding algorithms and coordinate calculation for route optimzation.&nbsp; Most of my work involves databases and business apps, but I've written drivers, PXE bootstraps in x86 assembly, installers, SCSI protocol tests, test automation engines, etc.Math mainly comes in for mapping, graphics, encryption, compression, and RAID algorythms.I've been coding for 30 years, got a patent, got an HP badge, and I say &quot;Math is Hard and you don't need it to program most things.&quot;&nbsp; But you do need to be smart and good problem solving and algorthm skills.That said, I do wish some math nerds would hurry up and get some sentient neural networks running so they can take over the world and try to wipe out humanity.&nbsp; Just to shut up the people who kep harping about computers taking over the world...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5546123, member: 8835"] needing to be good at math is BS. I was a C student in math, but a genius in programming. I taught myself 6502 assembly when i was in 6th grade. I've written 3d transformations, geocoding algorithms and coordinate calculation for route optimzation. Most of my work involves databases and business apps, but I've written drivers, PXE bootstraps in x86 assembly, installers, SCSI protocol tests, test automation engines, etc. Math mainly comes in for mapping, graphics, encryption, compression, and RAID algorythms. I've been coding for 30 years, got a patent, got an HP badge, and I say "Math is Hard and you don't need it to program most things." But you do need to be smart and good problem solving and algorthm skills. That said, I do wish some math nerds would hurry up and get some sentient neural networks running so they can take over the world and try to wipe out humanity. Just to shut up the people who kep harping about computers taking over the world... [/QUOTE]

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