why you DON’T need math for programming

Do You NEED Maths For Programming?

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00:00 intro
00:34 Quick answer
01:47 The misconception about maths and code
04:59 why you shouldn’t be scared of maths
05:54 The growth mindset
07:45 Why you are not bad at maths
08:46 You can do anything
09:25 It’s all about consistency
10:38 My secret about maths
11:54 Conclusion

[Hallden_]

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[tanmay______]

I have always believed in the concept that once you get into the flow of learning, you can learn anything. The people who think they can’t learn math are those who got stuck in their childhood and never took any interest later- be it because of bad teachers, environment, curriculum or just laziness.

[yahomuse]

I just wanna say, thanks for putting the conclusion at the beginning

[jetardeshna]

"If you can solve these 3 math problems..."
I see what you did there.

[tomasmontana]

12:00 This point is really important in terms of learning. In school the entire system is basically "See all these things? Well, you have to learn them and, when you are finished, we'll give you a number, if the number is high enough, you can forget about most of those things and start learning all of these, if you don't get high enough numbers by the end of the year, do it all again the next year"

[CallousCoder]

It depends on what you program and how efficient you want your code to be. I’m not a maths head, at all. But when I came to work a vfx project for Dunkirk the movie. I had to really dig deep and ask specific questions to the mathematicians and physics experts in order to build that, very complex, 2D relative wave tracker.

[RamLimko]

Nice video, Kalle! As a software engineer, I have learned a lot of math in the university. I think the main point of learning so much math is to get into the world of an analytical mindset. It's not because you need math the whole time during you are programming, but it's to train your mind to think analytically. Yes, there are cases where you need a lot of math while you are programming if you deal with scientific stuff, but in that case, the math stuff is a part of the requirements, and you do not have to know that before. Usually, such kinds of requirements can come from scientists if you would work in such an environment.
So if you ask me if you need math to become a programmer, I would say NO, but it is a great plus if you are good at math!

[knownliuter]

This video is Motivated me to learn more math 😂

[ViviAndHerMac]

As a software engineer, some random thoughts crossing my mind: I was impressed by graph theory. This was only part of university curriculum but unfortunately was never taught to me in school before. Graph theory is basically the basis for programming functions, conditional statements and so on. It helps to understand descriptions of functions in documentation or white papers. Second random point: For a lot of programming languages, it is recommended to use already existing library functions. Since they are proven over a long time and probably more correct than any re-implementation of the problem by your own.

[MrShell]

Maths is applied practically in Computer Science and software development. Those who learn math in school and "aren't good at it" are usually not good because they never really get the context as to why these math concepts are useful. You might know Pythagoras Theorem, but never really understood how it can be applied to measuring distance on a map, amongst many other things.
Imagine learning English, but never being allowed to use it outside the classroom. You'd never get it.
Or learning how an engine works but never seeing a car or machine that uses it.
When math is taught with an application of it in mind, it's not a memory game anymore and becomes easier to understand.

[justdoeverything]

I learned math because I enjoyed programming. Trigonometry is used in a lot interesting interactive designs, and gaming. There are a lot of fun and fast paths to understand math directly used for programming, like the Coding Math channel.

[therufa]

Math is fun. I'm saying this as someone who failed math in middle school several times, but I do fine now because I learned to enjoy it quite a lot :)
Edit: oh, and also I stopped to compare myself to others and started to simply enjoy the things I'm interested in.

[Speykious]

How to learn anything:
Interest and passion is what you need as a student. Autonomy is also a major advantage.
Your teacher on the other hand, needs that _and_ good teaching skills. That applies to videos and documentation all across the internet as well.

Oh and also, another very important thing: the younger you get into it, the faster you'll learn!

[xA]

For the typical programmer, I agree basic arithmetic plus algebraic manipulation is sufficient. A good way to become comfortable with mathematics is learning how to solve math problems by writing programs to solve those problems. Approached with the right mindset this strategy can be fun and motivational. My introduction to computers was in a high school mathematics class.

[gdeco]

I think math is very useful in the aspect of problem solving something that you need in programming

[samanthak.]

i picked up programming again and i once again felt a bit hesitant and conflicted because of the issue with math. but this video was very helpful. thank you for this!!

[raine]

Jättebra video! Jag tycker absolut att man kan om man försöker. Så länge som man försöker så kommer man automatiskt bli bättre.

[valentinfontanger]

As a math major, you only need basic arit. for programming. Even for deep learning, I've implemented derivatives once ... The framework is doing all the heavy work for you

[mntas]

Hi Kalle, it would be nice if you make a video about good books to learn maths and software development. Thanks! 😉

[InternetMadeCoder]

fantastic video & so so true!! I've always had the same mindset as you too, and wish more people would think like that, humanity would achieve so much more!