You don't really need to know math, except for the very basic operations (+ - */), to be a very good programmer. I'm very bad on math and I don't know almost anything except for the basic + - * / operations. I don't really need it to be a programmer.
To be a good programmer you just need good logic skills and logic is NOT equal to math. Math may also based on good logic skills but it's not the same - it's a different kind of logic.
While you can use math to solve a logic problem it's still just ONE WAY to solve it and you can still solve it without math. For some logic problem it's easier to use math but for some other it's easier to use other kind of logic based skill.
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You don't really need to know math, except for the very basic operations (+ - * /), to be a very good programmer. I'm very bad on math and I don't know almost anything except for the basic + - * / operations. I don't really need it to be a programmer.
To be a good programmer you just need good logic skills and logic is NOT equal to math.
Math may also based on good logic skills but it's not the same - it's a different kind of logic.
While you can use math to solve a logic problem it's still just ONE WAY to solve it and you can still solve it without math. For some logic problem it's easier to use math but for some other it's easier to use other kind of logic based skill.