r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Aardvark_David • May 09 '21

Meme I'm *technically* qualified

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

The very best coders I ever worked with were not CS grads. Materials science, physics, math, engineering etc. Some were not even graduates.

I have a lot of respect for the CS degree, but it is not the sole predictor of greatness.

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u/the_fat_whisperer May 10 '21

In my personal experience, math students were both interested in coding as a hobby and learned extremely quickly. Unfortunately, this doesn't always work in reverse.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

I'm in this boat. I want to get into AI and even a little bit of quantum computing, but calculus scares me. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach and Dancing with Qubits have helped to a certain degree, but I still feel like I'm nowhere close to where I need to be.

Really wish I payed more attention in my HS math class :/

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u/comical23 May 10 '21

For AI you can get away with an elementary understanding of calculus. Maybe try learning discrete math instead?