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To: AppyPappy
And I was a math major, boy did that degree open doors for me.

1. If you ever coded a mathematical formula, you did math.

2. If you ever had to prove your coded formula was correct, you did math.

3. If you ever had to use a different number base, you did math.

However in your defense, there was almost never a straight up math problem. Only once is 30 years did I actually directly use my advanced math education. An EE and a guy with an MS in Physics had a problem to solve, they found a formula unfortunately for them the targeted solution variable was in the middle of the equation. And my advanced math training kicked in, I reworked their equation solving for the variable, then I knew why math was important. Programmers need the formula given to them in codable format.

BTW, my masters education is software engineering. Spent many an hour using my math skills checking binary and hex programs.

43 posted on 12/19/2017 3:37:10 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
“Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.”

― Robert A. Heinlein
46 posted on 12/19/2017 3:38:28 PM PST by Frobenius
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I was a Business major with a concentration in programming. And I have an Accounting degree. So no Math really


80 posted on 12/19/2017 5:05:26 PM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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