More than math courses - logic courses in general helped me rethink and structure things in a variety of ways in how to approach problems. If nothing else it improves your “if-then-else”-fu to understand when you are not(not(not something))). My math degree required logic courses though at the same time so it made sense. For higher level math logic plays a heavy role and so leveraging that aspect helps in a lot of ways.

Its hilarious to read Google is pointing at Microsoft pointing at Oracle - can’t wait to see who Amazon is going to point at. Although they are right - the licensing costs of things are getting so convoluted its near impossible to determine even a solid estimate at times for any of the cloud service providers. One peak one day can wipe out your entire planned spend for the quarter if you aren’t careful.