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What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk? (programming.dev)
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[–] Redkey@programming.dev 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd argue that you do need to be good at math to be an effective programmer, it's just that that doesn't mean what a lot of people think it means. You don't need to know all the ins and outs of quadratics, integrals, and advanced trigonometry, but I think you do need to have a really solid, gut-level understanding of basic algebra and a bit of set theory. If you're the sort of person whose head starts to swim when you see "y=3x+2", you're going to find programming difficult at best.

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago

I don’t even know what a y=3x+2 is but I have no problem with programming, algorithms and data structures