Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? 656
AvailableNickname writes "I am currently pursuing a bachelor's in CompSci and I just spent three hours working on a few differential equations for homework. It is very frustrating because I just don't grok advanced math. I can sort of understand a little bit, but I really don't grok anything beyond long division. But I love computers, and am very good at them. However, nobody in the workforce is even going to glance at my direction without a BSc. And to punish me for going into a field originally developed by mathematicians I need to learn all this crap. If I had understood what I was doing, maybe I wouldn't mind so much. But the double frustration of not understanding it and not understanding why the heck I need to do it is too much. So, how important is it?"
well (Score:5, Funny)
If a few differential equations are giving you so much trouble, you can stop worrying about learning advanced math. ;)
Oh dear (Score:5, Funny)
"Good at computers" ?
you should put that on your résumé.
Re:Think About It This Way (Score:3, Funny)
and if you want to make money, don't go into scientific or game programming.
Re:depends on what you're going into (Score:5, Funny)
Almost all of Linear Algebra can be learned in a day, if you're willing to apply yourself. At least that's how my Linear Algebra was, but then again, the Prof said it was pretty dumbed down. So go figure what I know.
Re:Think About It This Way (Score:4, Funny)
Long, short, double, long double, whatever.
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Re:depends on what you're going into (Score:2, Funny)
Apparently you don't need to learn grammar.