Good-to-have in your mind

High-school algebra is useful when you start programming, but it is not an admission test.

Programming uses symbolic reasoning, logic, abstraction, and precise rules; different fields require different amounts of mathematics.

Professional programming often involves breaking a problem into smaller parts, naming relationships, and checking whether a result follows from your assumptions.

That habit is close to mathematical problem-solving even when the program itself contains little arithmetic.

Do not get discouraged if you were not great at mathematics in school. I was not either.

You may be better at this kind of thinking than you expect. Learn missing mathematics when a problem calls for it, and keep strengthening the logical foundations as you go.

For not just remember one thing – there is a lot of math foundation in programming. Software engineering is purely emerged from math. Software engineering IS a math. Sort of :)

Do not bother with it much now, just hint.