Do You Need To Be Good at Math To Be a Software Engineer? 

Been in the business for 6 years. Probably used math in my day to day about twice lol.I'm a heavy React javascript developer.

This is super helpful for a college student wondering why we’re needing to take SO many math courses lol. I now have a better perspective. Thanks Tiff!

I just started learning to code and I'm only on the responsive web design portion of it. In another video you pointed out that you took notes and I didn't even think to do that. I was struggling to remember certain things so I decided to take your advice and take notes. It has actually helped me to retain a bit more of what I have learned.

Logic, as a branch of mathematics, is more particularly needed than most of the other branches. However, when you program computational processes, static or dynamic graphics, or even data analytics in finance or scientific computing, then you really need to be good in math (both analytically and numerically). Love your insights! Cheers, Tiff! 🥰🤓😍

Being on the good devlopment journey. I'm following your footsteps.i really get good vibes while listening to you Love you so much 💗

Hello Tiffany, first off I want to thank you for your personal opinion on math within software engineering. I am also an aspiring youtuber currently in high school. Personally as a competitive math student, my math skills make my understanding of complex coding problems make it easier. Personally math is most similar to salt in eggs. Not needed but not tasty without them.

Math helps w/ understanding how to solve abstract problems esp. in regards to algorithm interview problems. It shouldn't scare anyone, but it may simply lead to more time taken to solve problems vs. coming w/ a math background.

Thanks! This helps me feel more confident. :)

I think that's part of the beauty of being a software engineer, you have a lot of options and you can combine it with other fields and skills, but works without them as well. While they may not be fully the definition of "software engineer", but you can add it even with some biology or electronics if those are your interests, and you can try out bioinfomatics or embedded development for example. And you can search for something that suits you. I did react for like 1.5 years, and really didn't use any math that would be outside of the very basics. But I also did a small internship as an embedded dev, and there I did feel my lack of physics/electronics background holding me back a bit. So it's all about what you choose and look for :)

Thank You so much for the valuable information ❤

Great job Tiff , amazing info, :)

Its intresting I've always been good at logic but poor in math. I'd argue that simply focusing on getting better at logic can replace the need for a mathematical expertise. Reading Platonic dialogues for example where arguments are broken down into their composite parts and ruthlessly examined have greatly improved my thinking when it comes to telling the computer what to do

I‘m just a first year apprentice and a little self taught and I can just talk about things in germany, maybe it‘s similar in other countries: If you want to study in university, you will be kinda screwed up, if your bad in math. It will be much harder, than for people who are good in math. If you want to make an apprenticeship, being good in math is helpful, but not absolutely necessary. In school you don‘t have a lot of math, so it‘s kinda like explained in this video. The „way of thinking“ in programming is kinda similar to math. I used to be very, very bad in regular school math. But I still have good grades in programming lessons.

Thank you ❤️

Thank you very much tiff 🙂. Informative video 😊 .

I'm currently in the process of interviewing for a job as a Full Stack Developer && II Cloud Engineer for major companies here in the U.S. I was just thinking today about how helpful your videos have been to me in this process, and you popped up on my recommended videos for the first time in a while. Google is beginning to read my mind. Logically, I've been doing more searches on youtube for interview-type videos, so it really stands to reason that you would be recommended. Sorry for the long message, but I just wanted to share that tidbit with you. Keep doing what you're doing! Wish me luck!

I don't even like the terms "good at math" and "bad at math", because that categorizes people. For most people, being "good at math" means you've _practiced_ math a lot. I'm a software engineer who has gone back to school part-time for higher level math, and I noticed that I'm having an easier time with calculus and other math classes than when I was younger because my day job "exercises" my logic and problem-solving skills.

You are absolutely right, a programmer may have no idea how to add 2 to two, but she should just know sign + to program it correctly.

Great vid Tiff 👌

Thanks for that. Much appreciated. Out of curiosity, what are the biggest types of apps you can build as a front end developer and then as a full stack developer?

So true, but knowing algebra can help a lot

Please do a video on generic programming and what that is and how it can be applied to coding..

It would be nice if you talked about the different names that we might be called these days like programmer vs software developer vs software engineer. That still confuses me🤔 - just a suggestion! Thanks and keep it up! 😊 Cheers

As a certified mathematician & programmer I agree: not really needed outside of a couple of very specific areas. Scientific computing, graphics, finance. Probably a few more. Where does the question come from? From the confusion between software engineering & programming & computer science. Academic computer science is very math-y, but academic CS is not much concerned with programming / software engineering. And of course the fact that computers & programming started with math. The very first programming language was called FORmula TRANslation.

I remember in sixth form i wanted to take computer science at A Level, but my school had a requirement that only people with an A or above in GCSE maths were allowed to do computer science :/

I'm high school students I'm so struggle in this situation idk how would I start I have trust on myself trying too hard to do🤞🏼!!

Let me contribute to the topic. In México, Computer Science education is divided into four categories: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Software Engineering. The toughest (math-wise) is Computer Science, while the easiest (math-wise) is Software Engineering. It would be nice to make a video explaining the differences among those four categories, and why the math requirement change.

Nice video 👍

It depends on you work Math is basically everywhere. The hardest part is the heavily theory computer science degree, that's why software engineering degree exists now... As an example Let's say you're making Google maps, how does it know your best route ? Yeah some numbers going in... Probability statistics vectors and matrix are important, but it's not theory at work.. The good news is, at work it's an open book, no theory everything is applied. Problem solving, Google is free stack overflow and you're good to go. It's not high school and not university, you're not gonna solve derivatives and functions out of nowhere. Don't worry it's not a big deal

Thank's tiff for information

Believe it or not, when you program, you are using a branch of math that is called: "first order logic". All of these conditional statements and truth statements work using the principles of boolean algebra. Algorithms (complexity and computability) and building test units require (i.e., optimize tests by using induction and/or contradiction). Whoever says that you don't have to learn mathematics to be a software engineer/developer, is wrong. Maybe you don't have to learn the theory thoroughly, but without a sense of at least the nitty-gritty stuff, it will be a really tough uphill battle. My take on the whole "being scared of math" is just laziness. Granted, you don't need to be a "math wizard", but there are some mathematical aspects to programming that just can't be avoided.

Hi :) I know zero about using computer.Can you make a video of do you have to know using computer to become a software engineer? Can I start studying software engineering with really poor computer knowledge? Thanks for the video!

One Of My Masters Is In Mathematics and I Definitely Feel It Helps But Only Through The Logical and Problem Solving Sequences ~ As Always, Love you Groove ~

My maths is not much strong plus probability questions still gives me nightmare. Any suggestions how to improve that particular topic.

I’m going back to college and need some help. I have a bachelors in a complete different area and want to go into computer science now. My question is should I go for software engineering or cybersecurity and yes math is not my strong suit. Can you give some insight? Thanks

Truth.

Math is and always has been revisited . Enjoy diving back into calculus because it helps me understand vectors in game programming. Math is an exact science. It helps to understand math, and how to solve a programming issue where math might be needed. The reason for math is logic.

Have you ever tried rust ? Im thinking about giving it a try but dont know what to expect.

hey Tiffany m a python programmer and want to become a web dev any suggestion will appreciatable

Doing regular stuff 80% of devs do everyday? Nah, your fine if you made it through Highschool without hassle. Implementing a blackhole simulation from scratch ? Yes.

Engineering.. oversees the processes and procedures of all software issues.

Well. I understand you are trying to not discourage people by telling they need math, but as a matter of fact, math is needed. Having the whole picture on where outputs come from will give you the ability to understand the whole process and how to improve it. Greetings ;)

ok so i don't have to be good at math but what is a bare minimum of math I need to know? i am asking because I don't know much math and I want to know where to start and what to learn specifically.

Hello Tiffany🙂

How to improve logics tiff??

Admit it u need math skills if you want easy to be success in soft eng

Так нужна математика или не нужно? Я просто не понимаю по английски но смотрю её видео потому что она милая очаровательная девушка

From my view you just need to know logic

I think this is also from people seeing coding in binary and haven’t been exposed to the knowledge that there are different languages.

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science require strong knowledge of Math ;Video games and graphics a little bit math.

The thing is, there's so much you can do without being a math pro. Then, software engineer is such a loose term. The key is at what level and why are you programming. The more complex the reason, the more likely math might play a role. Basic full stack web developers? Please.

Hi tiff, I don't have degree i only completed diploma in mech engineering can you please tell me I'm eligible please reply

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The conclusion is that you and I need maths in order to become a software engineer, but you just don't want to say it bc of the fear of discouraging people that are not good at maths.

Thank you for this video im so bad a maths. I would love to become a software engineer. Im age 25, im I to old?

Need a bit of Math...

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses; that's why it's important to be open to learning from others when working in teams. There are so many aspects to software development, that hardly one person will be great at everything.

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Do you need Math so speak Language? No!! But Language needed to speak about Math.

Can I become a software developer with an IQ of 125?

Yes you do need to be a maths whizz to be a software engineer, and that's why this RU-vidr is a RU-vidr instead of a real software engineer. You can learn software engineering without being a maths whizz. Great. Now implement discrete cosine transform in your programme, to compress an image. Can't do it, can you. So you have to use a function written by someone else. The person who wrote that function is a maths whizz, and a real software engineer, and doesn't need to supplement with RU-vid channel income.

You don't need any.

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