School trouble

I'm currently studing to be a Software Ingeneer(it's called Informatic Engineer here, cause translation) and can tell you there is a "shitload" of math related stuff, if you want to get there you will need to get better at it. My suggestion to get your brain set in the right direction is to play quite a lot of puzzle games(videogames or not) and learn a second language(it'll help you to learn new ways of thinking and use logic). So try to think of math as problem solving, to get something to work, and what is the use of the things you learn.

No one is bad at math. You can be bad at geometry, algebra, or trig, but not math. If you just work at it, I mean really try, it'll be easy enough for you. But yeah, you need math to work in depth with programming software.

I may be of assistance, I also live in Australia , I also live in Melbourne and I currently study at RMIT (in the city) doing bachelor of environmental engineering. (im in my first year of uni). I am also curious to where about in Melbourne you are or what school you go to.

My thoughts:
Do methods for sure, most courses that it sounds like you would be interested in will require a 25 in methods as a minimum. This will keep many other options available. But don't worry to much about a 25. A 25 is below average but you need to do good in you other subjects to make sure you get over 80 atar. Also math methods gets marked up , it goes up a few points so if you get a 22 in methods it can go up to about 26, but this changes year to year. So I recommend doing methods for sure. To help you improve practice , ask teachers for help and do the problems in the textbook. You are in year 9 so you still have a couple of years before VCE so you have time to brush up on your maths skills.

Add me if you have any more questions.

just work on your maths, you have 4 years until the year 12 exams for you to get a 25 raw on methods.

have you ever considered working on social sciences?

i dont mean to offend but every teenager who spend excessive amounts of time on a computer wants to keep that thing going and be a "computer guy". i used to think like "oh im going to be a computer engineer, i will work on my computer 24/7!", now im a law grad. btw im very very good at maths lol.

just think of other options

Have you ever considered pursuing the career of masked vigilante? Batman can't do it alone, you know. And you won't need all those nasty maths, except when you will be calculating how many times you should punch someone in the throat.

Try Khan Academy to practice your math skills mate :3. You should start to put effort on your math now that you have a couple of free time. Do not wait to be on College to fix your math, trust me... or you will not have a nice sleep when enrolled. o.o

Best Regards!
Best luck :3!

I live in Australia (Melbourne) and I can tell you that it's dead easy to get a 25 in maths. Average is 30 raw, so even if you're below average, it won't be /that/ far below. Not only that, methods scales quite a bit because it's a naturally hard subject. I did mine last year and it scaled by 7. You'll be fine. :P

You and me are on the (almost) same boat, I'm also en route to an engineering related profession but I'm toad arse when it comes to math.
Sadly, the only way around it is going straight through it and actually trying. Try alternative methods to learning, go to online tutorials, play "mind developing" games to increase your over all learning ability, read a lot of hard to understand stuff and do IQ tests.
Eventually you'll start picking up an ability to calculate things in your head easily, and improve your math compatibility.

Become lazy. Wait, hear me out...

Firstly, I don't mean laying on the coach and watching HBO series all day.
Secondly, I'm going to quote Bill gates: "“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”

Maths is not one of those subjects you can ace by regurgitating exercises (unlike biology lol). The point of doing a whole bunch of exercise is to find that "light bulb" moment. Once you understand the logic behind the algorithm/formula, the rest will follow. :)

This is not some drivel I pulled from thin air. I (actually) have a degree in Computer Science :)