I was really interested in learning math. Was. i continue to be interested in math, I'm discouraged by the total lack of good and available instructional material on something as basic and essential as notation and set theory notation. There is a ton of great material out there for total beginners and people who have recieved formal instruction of advanced math. The in-betweeners get a bit shafted.
I dunno if things have changed since I last pursued this, but 5 years ago it was absurd.
CS, on the other hand, has a lot more material readily available for self-study. I find the subject itself also lends itself to being more accessible. Furthermore, unlike math, the practitioners of CS related fields seem to be concerned with readable notation.
So, mathematicians: acessibility is key! Math is fascinating, but inaccessible even to a large part of the intelligensia.
I dunno if things have changed since I last pursued this, but 5 years ago it was absurd.
CS, on the other hand, has a lot more material readily available for self-study. I find the subject itself also lends itself to being more accessible. Furthermore, unlike math, the practitioners of CS related fields seem to be concerned with readable notation.
So, mathematicians: acessibility is key! Math is fascinating, but inaccessible even to a large part of the intelligensia.