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[quote=Anonymous][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]

DP.  The point the other poster made (and I agree) is that you need strong math skills to get a CS degree given the courses you need to take.  The vast majority of CS grads work as programmers (including yourself) and do not need math at all to do your jobs.  Most programming can be self taught and I know dozens of non-math/not-techies that are good programmers.[/quote]

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