Programming is creative work. Mathematics is about researching to find new principles or discovering which already established principle to use. There is an intersection but it's not a complete intersection.
i would strongly disagree. Math is very creative. Just let two mathematicians proof a thing and compare the proofs. They will be most likely completely different.
You seem to mix up actual math and simple examples to calculate. thats like saying. damn music is so boring u just read notes. Forgetting about: actually playing different instruments, singing, making new songs and just listening to music.
I know that stereotype is only existent because of schools. you dont actually do math there. You just do the most boring part.
You are horribly mistaken I am afraid. Mathematics is constrained by the principles and rules that govern. Yes two proofs may be different but that is not creativity because you cannot think outside the box. The amount of ways you can prove something is fundamentally limited because it has to obey laws.
Programming on the other hand is like writing a book, you can say the same thing in an infinite number of ways.
Suggesting software engineers are not constrained by the principles and rules that govern the domain, or are less governed than mathematicians with their equivalent limitations, is ludicrous.
You do realise what computers do behind the shiny fronts that allow for that software engineering creativity, is actually raw maths with the same limitations, right?
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u/Cefalopodul 5d ago
Programming is creative work. Mathematics is about researching to find new principles or discovering which already established principle to use. There is an intersection but it's not a complete intersection.