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Discussion on: How important is math in computer programming?

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George

I feel like it's always going to be topic specific. Some projects I've worked on have used very basic math and worked flawlessly, while having issues with being able to do math other projects I've had to ask people to help/do the math for me. A company I use to work for even hired 3 mathematicians because of the amount of math that was required.

Specific topics such as machine learning and neural networking will require a lot of it. The topics generally range from needing basic math, algebra and in some cases calculus.

I've always suggested to people to have some basic understanding of the topic that would be required even if someone else is figuring out the math side of things, that way when you come to look and work on it you're not completely lost.