Dan Luu 1/9/2014

Do programmers need math?

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A programmer responds to a friend's question about whether math is necessary for programmers. He analyzes his own career, reviewing nine undergraduate math courses and detailing how often he used each one's concepts in non-math-oriented programming work. He concludes that the vast majority of his math education has been directly applicable and valuable.

Do programmers need math?

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