DEV Community

Discussion on: Do you actually use maths as a developer?

Collapse
 
moink_tdr profile image
moink

My background is in mathematical programming and now I am a data scientist, so math is central to my work. Specifically, probability and statistics are very important for what I do. In the past I have also worked on numerical optimization so calculus and linear algebra were needed.

These days the most common algorithms are available in easy-to-use, optimized libraries. I am grateful to the developers of numpy, pandas, scipy, and scikit-learn every day.

I have a web developer friend who knows almost zero mathematics. It takes a variety of people with a diverse mix of skills to develop software.