I suppose.

I guess programming to me was always an excuse to do math, not necessarily to build products.

BadBadJellyBean 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For me it's the exact opposite. I don't like math. I have very little intuition for it. Programming is not math for me even though people try to tell me that it is.

Programming is my way to create something. It's like drawing or woodworking. It is creative and logical. That's why I don't mind or even like sysadmin stuff. But I know a lot of coworkers that don't like ops and in my company you don't have to do that. We have teams for that.

	▲	skydhash 2 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I like math. I’ve done engineering in college which included a fair share of it and pursue it for fun. Programming is also not math for me. It’s formal notation where you’re manipulating things encoded as numbers. Just like music sheets are notation for sound encoded as some symbols. Yes, there is math involved (because numbers) but there’s often a more concrete reason for such manipulation.
	▲	z500 28 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I've never really been a math person, either, which is why I thought I was going to hate discrete math in college. I mean, it wasn't always the easiest thing ever, but it was a lot more intuitive to me than continuous math. And that's all programming is, materialized discrete math.

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mr_mitm 28 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I take it you aren't programming business CRUD apps? I almost never have to do any math. It would be a delight if I did.

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DenisM 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How do you know what you built is good? That was the pivot for me - I defined it for myself as it’s something that makes a positive contribution to my users.

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r17n 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I love this comment. I never looked at it that way before. I wasn't able to articulate it but "an excuse to do math" is perfect. This resonates with me.