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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He really likes video games. [/quote]

main reason for most of these kids; for successful career in CS you need great math skills[/quote]

I have a degree in CS from Virginia Tech and I  work in cybersecurity, and I don't use any math. To say that you need great math skills is simply not true.[/quote]

You may not use "math skills " in the sense of "numbers" in your job, but you certainly had to HAVE math skills to get your CS degree.  And you must be using the logic-skills that are the foundation of math, right?[/quote]

Let me say this one more time.  I have a degree in CS from Virginia Tech and yes, I was required to take a lot of unnecessary math courses for the CS degree that had nothing to do with my current job as a cybersecurity analyst.  I would say that 100% of the high level math I took at VA Tech, I never use it in my job.  Those calculus courses are useless for my cybersecurity career.

You do NOT need "great math skills" to succeed in a CS career.  There are "some" CS disciplines that require very high level math but for most CS folks, IMHO, you just need algebra and you will be fine.  [/quote]

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