Math

I'm a brainlet, but I want to get a CS degree. Programming I enjoy, but I am awful at math. I want to get to at least a Calc 1 level in the next few weeks. I've been working through Khan Academy but there's such a massive amount of information, hundreds of lessons. As I work through, I get the strong vibe that some of it isn't going to be immediately necessary. For example, under Algebra II, immediately after operations between functions and composition of functions, there's a whole section on shifting/transforming/stretching graphs of functions. Cool and all, but I feel like maybe i'm wasting my limited time with it. I don't want to spend a bunch of time learning something i'll probably never use again, i'll probably forget it in a matter of weeks. What are the bare minimum topics I need to master?

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College level algebra and maybe some matrix shit is literally all you will ever need

This. I did first year calculus at university (although I wasn't required to), and it wasn't useful at all.
Linear algebra was very useful, though.

cs ~= programming
cs ~= software engineering

sounds like you don't really want a cs degree, just the bragging rights. Learn node and jump on the sweet deepMachineDildoingCRUD train and you will be fine

second, learning is a process, you can't compress it into a week, there are no cheat codes. Calc 1 is usually a semester. You will never use it directly btw, it gives you e.g. a foundation to build mental models describing your problem space

I don't want the bragging rights, I want a degree that will open doors.

see point 1 sweet summer child

CS is literally spelled science, companies look for wage slaves. Software engineering is more suitable, but no one gives a fuck. Do a node project, plug it on reddit/HN and broadcast your cv.

People are getting hired and invited as speakers because they identify as some otherkin, do the math

>Node

Shut up and learn it all.

node > neet

node + react to go full meme. That's how it is, hate the game.

>anime
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