good math skills can really make it easier to program, and can make your program a lot easier to understand and a lot more efficient. one way i noticed it helped was to get rid of useless loops that made my program confusing by simplifying things into equations.
Is math really needed? I hate Math and have a tutor. That's never good now is it?
No need for math until you get into graphics programming. I think that math is a bit of a ploy by schools used in order to make them appear to be powerful, however society is all about money, definately not about science or math, and the schools know it. Sure there are many ways to apply math to graphics programming, but apparently DirectX does most of the work for you.
Personally I like math, however I feel that a great deal of it is useless. That's just my opinion though.
I agree wholeheartedly with an earlier post. Algebra flows nicely into geometry, and geo into trig, but then calculus - it's almost not even math. It's more science.
"You can also learn networking, system administration, shell scripting, etc. This just involves learning how to use the operating system in detail. There isn't any calculus involved there. It all depends on what you are planning to do. You might never need calculus unless for leisure or hobby."
what exactly is shell scripting?
o.o
It's using the langauge of the command shell. The command shell is a program that that interprets command line linstructions. It is used by administrators who have to perform common tasks. They create batch files that regulate user accounts, and other stuff. I'm not an administrator so I don't know all the details. In Unix there is more than one shell, you have the C-shell, the Boure Shell, the Korn shell, etc.
The point I was trying to make about the math is that you need far less math than you should need. It's almost getting to the point where you don't need to learn the computer languages either, you just have to know tools and notation.
If you want to get a CS degree, you'll have to go into deeper mathematics. It doesn't matter whether it is or it isn't used in the kinda programming you'll be doing.
Calculus, Trigonometry, Vectors, Algebra, Analytical Geometry, Induction...
Some basic usage :
Algorithm design : calculus, induction, algebra
Graphics : algebra, vectors, trig.
User Interface : algebra
everything else : algebra
