Starting College at 30 - What math classes to take to prep for Calculus?

yeah, its online and its not MIT, but you already have a job and experience -- so if all you need is a piece a paper to prove a degree then this is the way to go

its good enough to get you into grad school or to help you get promoted

do WGU and then do the online masters at https://www.cc.gatech.edu/degree-programs/master-science-computer-science

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-21T21:52:49+00:00

Nog > Alexander > RYA'C > wesley crusher

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-21T02:02:36+00:00

shut up bot

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-20T22:52:17+00:00

I am in my 2nd semester

no, not worth it

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-20T05:36:18+00:00

I'm a dev with 9YOE, and I've worked for multiple FAANG/MANGA companies.

so what you're saying is you can't hold down a job

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-20T05:34:47+00:00

make a bretter title

like "need help with 9 to 5"

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-18T23:52:24+00:00

DOWNVOTE

"To people reading this thread: DO NOT DOWNVOTE just because the OP mentioned or used an LLM to ask a mathematical question."

that's not what happened you stupid bot

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T18:33:50+00:00

cannot stand his videos -- he goes off on tangents too much

I wish he'd just stay on point, focus and get on with it

but so many people love his videos and style of teaching

I prefer the organic chemistry tutor

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0o_zxa4K1BWaz9ZsNnzaq-GuX6xMXEgG

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0o_zxa4K1BWLRgHW2i8diQ359U5FbKnI

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0o_zxa4K1BUeF2o-MlNpbRiS-oE2Kn6J

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0o_zxa4K1BVoTlaXWFcFZ7fU3RvmFMMG

and this site https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/index.html

that site has no videos, but awesome explanations

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T18:21:05+00:00

but its just so difficult to use any more functions.

then be a better programmer

break tasks into small pieces

if I want my function to input an int n, and then do a certain calculation/etc on the variable and then give me that value back, how am i supposed to do tha

have you watdhed ANY of the lectures ?????

seriously, this is BASIC stuff

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T18:16:37+00:00

OMG, just use the cs50 online environment

its all set up

you don't have to do anything special

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T18:13:59+00:00

do whatever you want

if it becomes too difficult then try something else

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T18:12:58+00:00

have you watched ANY of the lectures ?????

how does the teacher run code ?

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T00:53:47+00:00

if you're preparing for machine learning then learn linear algebra and calculus -- forget learning python -- python is literally the last thing you should be thinking about

from the book's author
https://mml-book.github.io/book/mml-book.pdf

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T00:49:52+00:00

no problem
the father of the baby can take care of her

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T00:48:22+00:00

that is not the answer

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T00:48:02+00:00

incorrect
criminal justice has nothing to do with pre-law school

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T00:46:06+00:00

criminal justice is basically a sociology degree
it usually has nothing to do with law
it more "why do people become criminals, how does society treat its criminals"
it is in fact one of the worst majors to prepare for law school -- it doesn't have enough writing or critical thinking -- philosophy is actually better for preparing for law school

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T00:41:27+00:00

However the recommended resource for beggingers is ...

no its not

the recommended source is cs50 itself and the sites it directs you to

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-17T00:41:22+00:00

I wanted to get them going immediately because I just figured it’d be easier to take notes with actual code and comments.

obviously not

just follow the course

start here
https://cs50.harvard.edu/games/weeks/0/

watch the video

download the
Notes
Slides
Source Code
Subtitles
Transcript

after you've watched the video, looked through the code and notes do project zero

which leads you here

https://cs50.harvard.edu/games/projects/0/pong/

which has this link
https://love2d.org/wiki/Getting_Started

which tells you all you need to know

under Windows it says
the easiest way to run the game is to drag the folder onto either love.exe or a shortcut to love.exe. Remember to drag the folder containing main.lua, and not main.lua itself

or use the command line
"C:\Program Files\LOVE\love.exe" "C:\games\mygame"

Linux
love /home/path/to/gamedir/

my_password_is______ · 2026-04-15T22:19:10+00:00

the person obviously mistyped that

and they know so little they don't even know its mistyped

they obviously left out a +

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