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Discussion on: Do you need to be good at math to be a programmer?

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Randall

I like to say that 99% of the math I do as a programmer is adding one to something.

Outside of certain domains, advanced math is rarely needed for programming.

But I think there's a lot of overlap between people who are good at math and people who are good at programming, because the way good mathematicians and good programmers approach problems can be very similar. Breaking it down into smaller parts, deriving intermediate results and building them up into the final result, etc.

So I'd say that having/developing a mathematical mind will help you be a good programmer, but understanding advanced math concepts is rarely necessary.

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Ravavyr

Those For loops are sure skewing the data ;)