If it makes you cringe to think about long equations, fear not: Plenty of tech jobs don’t require daily maths theory, but you will need to be good at math to be good at a lot of technological jobs.

Pick your field of study and career goal before picking a degree program. If you are aiming to write code then Computer Science/Engineering is probably for you.

Information Technology
It is a vast and growing area in IT. It’s possible to become a Cybersecurity, Network architect or Data Protection Specialist with an IT degree; all require some mathematics.

But some IT degrees don’t demand the math as much as others, with IT degrees teaching infrastructure and management rather than programming like computer science or engineering.

You won’t be able to learn any advanced mathematics other than algebra, Boolean logic, discrete mathematics at the end of IT career. Higher-level subjects such as probability and calculus may also be required in some IT fields; especially cybersecurity experts will likely require an in-depth knowledge of mathematical subjects in order to prevent cyber attacks. If you have an IT specialist with a good understanding of these things, you’re a valuable resource at nearly any company.

Gen Z
We are talking about Gen Z, who are the most recent generation to join the workforce and are digital natives, who have been raised in tech. They are ambitious, outgoing, educated and down to earth.

They are some of the most different generations in America. Grounded in world affairs and politics, they conceive of diversity and inclusion as a foundational human right.

Similar to Millennials, Gen Z employees prefer work with sustainable and ethical companies and who can work remotely and on their own terms.

Generation Z workers would be more open to work and flexible with a lot of transparency and authenticity, but also not shy to question authority when it’s needed or to seek out ways to better their work environment.

Communication
IT jobs are not really math oriented (unless you are into computer science which is pretty math oriented).

Good logic abilities are the backbone of IT, no matter what career you are in. This is something kids never get good at and students just don’t practise enough; I see a lot of students getting this wrong in school.

IT degrees can be used as an entry-level into various fields of work as a number of IT degrees include multiple career paths like cybersecurity or network engineering.

But math is still part of the majority of IT professions – especially in software development or hardware engineering. The skills that are needed in these jobs can be basic mathematical such as logic, arithmetic and perhaps even more complicated topics such statistics or calculus. It’s possible to practice your math skills in a variety of ways like by getting a tutor, by working on it with others or using professor office hours to sharpen them.

Systems
IT (information technology) is everywhere in the modern world, it is the key to every business activity, productivity of workers, and access to personal information.

There are some subfields of information technology (IT) which do not need to know a lot about mathematics, but IT itself doesn’t. Cybersecurity and data science are very math based for things such as public-key encryption, blockchain consensus and mathematical algorithms like gradient descent and dimensionality reduction.

There are three main components to IT — hardware, software and network. Hardware is what actually holds the hardware that runs computer systems; software are programs that are run on computers; and networking is what connects those components to exchange data. All three are mathematics-based but not to a greater degree than more complicated pursuits such as computer science or careers in programming.