I Almost Didn't Learn Programming Because I Was Bad at Math (opens in new tab)

For a long time, I thought programming wasn't for people like me. Not because I wasn't interested in technology. Not because I didn't enjoy solving problems. But because I kept hearing the same thing over and over again: "You need to be good at math to become a programmer." The more I heard it, the more I believed it. Whenever I saw developers building websites, apps, or cool projects, I assumed they were all math experts. 🧮 I imagined them solving complex equations all day while I struggled ...