Considering dropping out to be a python programmer

big_ass · December 22, 2018, 4:00am

Alightsoul?

Matticus · December 22, 2018, 4:11am

And just when I thought I was the only civilized person in this thread. A real programmer, like an artist or any other trade, learns the fundamentals first. I believe I know linear algebra but I forget which one that is exactly.

Friend · December 22, 2018, 4:17am

i feel like outside of classes in college i have never needed to do anything with asm

Matticus · December 22, 2018, 4:17am

It doesn’t matter, it’s part of the fundamentals.

Friend · December 22, 2018, 4:17am

but i think its good to know about

tcm · December 22, 2018, 4:20am

the second part is an illustrative example rather than specific instructions.

it’s less important that it’s C or ASM than it is that you at least know how to work in a language that doesn’t baby you, that you’ve gone through the motions of understanding why things are the way they are, how to fix your own shit, etc.

same with linear algebra tbh. it’s possible to be good without it, the same way that you can be a good musician without knowing theory, but most good musicians do know theory and most good programmers know more than just 1 or 2 languages that are primarily targeted at easily solving problems.

old_electrowizard_acc · December 22, 2018, 4:22am

Nope, I’m a software engineer

old_electrowizard_acc · December 22, 2018, 4:24am

Linear algebra is vectors and matrices and their operations and algorithms

Matticus · December 22, 2018, 4:24am

Okay yeah I know that.

Friend · December 22, 2018, 4:25am

i wonder how much more math i would have to take to actually understand quaternions

anon_yang · December 22, 2018, 4:26am

they teach linear algebra in highschool.

Friend · December 22, 2018, 4:27am

yeah i took it my senior year of hs but it was kinda a bullshit class so i took it again in college

Matticus · December 22, 2018, 4:28am

Quaternions are easy to understand practically. You don’t need to absolutely understand how they work under the hood.

Friend · December 22, 2018, 4:28am

yeah, but i wanna

Friend · December 22, 2018, 4:28am

i like know how to use them i just like have 0 clue why

Friend · December 22, 2018, 4:28am

they’re more or less a black box to me

Matticus · December 22, 2018, 4:30am

Quaternions are more condensed than rotation matrices and multiplying them is more efficient, though multiplying a matrix by a point is faster I think.

tcm · December 22, 2018, 4:48am

oh well I guess I should be happy that u made it or something in a general sense of not wishing ill of people.

jones · December 22, 2018, 4:51am

couldnt believe this thread got worse

old_electrowizard_acc · December 22, 2018, 4:53am

I have no idea who the fuck you are