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Discussion on: Set Theory: the Method To Database Madness

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Ondřej Sojka

Sure there is some value in it and the fact that this content gets produced and published proves it.

I was kinda surprised by the fact that there is demand for this content: I'm a high school student in his first year and we just learned this. I understood sets much earlier, because I have been programming for some time before.

It reminded me of the fact that there is a huge gap between people from bootcamps creating CRUD apps in Javascript (how little math they have to know) and programmers (with math/computer science background)

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David Aldridge

The difference in how much maths you need to know is not related to your career and educational path, but more to the type of application you work on, and I think your last paragraph would be better phrased if it focussed on the difference between the type of work, rather than any alleged gap between people. Different careers require different skill sets, that's all.

Speaking personally, after getting a Masters degree in Aeronautics I've been working with databases for 30 years, mostly with data warehousing, and more recently with RoR (business apps). The most mathematical thing I ever had to tackle with a computer (post-University) was to solve quadratic equations using Informatica Powercenter and SQL. #GoodTimes