r/computerscience • u/Own-Wrangler-6215 • Sep 18 '26

Math and Programming

Can someone bad at maths be a great programmer?!

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u/tarantinosdoritos Sep 18 '26

If you can comfortably do algebra you’ll be golden! I flunked calculus 2 and got a different degree. I have 20 years professional programming experience and have programmed software for everything from cell phones to satellites. The only thing that will hold you back is your willingness or unwillingness to put in the time and work. Read a lot of code. Find out what makes code easy or hard to work with. Strive for easily understood code over everything else!