[_void]

Sometimes I feel like software developers don't actually know the fundamentals of how the programs run, not taking into account all the math behind the algorithms, etc. Being good developer IMO is first understanding the system from ground up, second - understanding the domain and if it requires math, yes, you need to know that as well. Otherwise you can go on your whole career copy/pasting and using APIs/language features you have no idea how it's working.

[tenaciousDaniel]

That kinda describes my experience. I was never formally trained in computer science; I fell into it in my late twenties and taught myself. I never took math at the collegiate level, so I don't really understand the fundamentals. However, I am able to get by for about 95% of the things I've needed to do. But the last 5% is always the most interesting, and I hate it when I hit those walls.

[BillyTheKing]

well I hope there will always be that 5% left that you can't answer yet, and that you find interesting enough to learn more about. At the end of the day, that's probably the best way to learn more maths and get a deeper understanding of how computer programs work, at least that was the case for me who's, so far, been pretty bad at learning theory without having applied it first.

[mhh__]

Most developers don't work in domains where there is any math as per se.

I do however feel a little sorry for the some /r/programmerhumor post-ers, who are obviously students who think that everyone just copies stackoverflow - I understand what my code does, I look at the assembly etc. etc. I wrote my first interpreter at 14/15 though so I may not be the best example, but you get the idea.