Re: Irrelevant but curious

From: Jason Hawryluk (jh_at_3gcomm.fr)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:51:49 +0100

"slowhand" <ranjiranji@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:1106765801.236572.276120@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Are all good programmers good in math? Does a person who is good in
> analytical problem solving have to be good in math too? Or is there no
> correlation?
>

What off hand traits do we learn from math / music / art that could help a
programmer be better?

IMO (which may not count for much) math teaches logic, organization, and
figuring skills. Music teaches persistence ,passion, and organization. Art
trains the eye to see things somewhat different and to think out of the box
as does music.

So based on that, I would think that enjoying math does help. Being good in
math does not make you a better programmer. A good programmer (again IMO) Is

1: Passionate (A passion for programming. Also essential to excel in any
skill)

2: Persistence

3: A problem solver

4: Very Organized (should be #1 perhaps for some)

5: Can think out of the box (you do not need to be an profession artist just
dabble..)

The above IMHO are required to excel in either Math and/or CS.

A good programmer is always learning the new. And over 50% of his/her
knowledge is self taught. Math is logic, if you don't enjoy math (no one
loves it) then you will most likely not enjoy programming. In other words
people that hate math will be less likely to waste there time learning
computer programming. The math dept got the CS class because of the logic
factor and that they both require similar traits to master.

Good thread

jason..

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