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hashnode how important

pre-req?

my tl;dr yes.

Software engineer without a solid mathematical thinking is not a software engineer at all.

Basic grasp is a must, advanced stuffs is good to have.

Well yeah you do need maths, but not really advanced ones but what he really has to know is to solve stuff with optimised algorithms for perfomance. Unless you want to become a videogame engine builder or other stuff that messes with physics and really advanced shit well you'll need to know physics more than maths.