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by bluecheese452 502 days ago
Am I the only one who didn’t find math particularly helpful in their career? I did multivariable calc, linear algebra, diff equations, and a whole bunch of calc based stats courses.

I think the only thing I use is some basic algebra a few times a year.

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That might depend on the problem domains you are working in.

When I do standard CRUD in PHP, there isn’t much "math" involved. "Not even" clean category theory and/or powerful type systems.

Some other applications in number crunching and measurement are really math and stats heavy, though.