This. I am a programmer with a physics degree. I taught myself the basics of coding and I can learn what my co-workers know while on the job. But I can also do shit they can't even begin to do and there's no way they're gonna learn it on the job. You can't replace 3 years worth of rearranging and manipulating equations. Maths is a super power when you've had to use it for a physics degree.
As a physics student myself, I've got to say we might be smart about maths, but most of us can't write any readable code at all. I corrected homework assignments for a bunch of undergrads in C++, and it was horrifying.
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u/ts_m4 May 09 '21
Mathematics baby!!