Then you would suspect wrong :-) I have a friend who was a career mathematicians briefly, before ambling off into finance. Personally I stopped math after A level (roughly equivalent to the first year university math at university in the US as I understand it - calculus, etc.).

I know math isn't just doing sums.

From my mate I know that many mathematicians are bloody awful at coding - which is a PITA now that computers are much more a part of how mathematics are done in many fields. From personal experience I know that a large chunk of the very best coders I've ever worked with don't have a math background beyond basic numeracy.

What I think people experience is actually the opposite connection. Some of the problem solving skills that developers use are the same sort of skills that folk get from being good at mathematics.

You can get those skills in other places without learning higher level math. And being a successful developer needs much more than the skills from the mathematics toolset.

Nothing against math. Math is great. Moderately good at it myself. If you're a good developer having it will help more than it will hinder. But having it won't make you a good developer, and not having won't stop you being a good developer.

I'm not making this up. I know many good developers that do not have a math background. I know people who have a heavy math background who are lousy at development (and it looks like I'm not the only one - see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3872269)

A bit more than "you're wrong" would help with reasoned debate of course...