And here we are again - same mis-conception:

    I would say that yes, my time is better spent learning
    how to write understandable code instead of how to
    solve complex equations.

Math isn't about solving complex equations. Common mis-conception, totally wrong, very understandable for those whose experience of math is limited to calculus or pre-calculus.

I don't solve complex equations, and yet I use math every day.

The problem I see is that people who might be really really good at advanced math are often completely turned off by high school math and the teaching thereof. Hence they never get the chance to see the really fun stuff that turns out to be useful in unexpected ways. Even more, I'd guess that the really good programmers who hate math are in that group.

I would so like to be able to test that hypothesis. There's a Ph.D. waiting in it.