• Bell@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Yeah me neither and my degree was 30 years ago. My best guess is they want to see if you can get competent with a bunch of new techniques and then apply them. That skill is the same whether it’s calculus, physics, or JavaScript.

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      When I went to uni, an assistant professor once openly said that the math courses were to filter out morons. He used nicer words which I can’t remember now.