It’s hard to explain. Calculus was integral (hah!) to understanding a lot of physics and allowed me to understand better how we know about our world.

For example - just being able to better understand the equations of motion was eye-opening. There were velocity and acceleration equations we’d learned previously but now I understood how we knew them. I could also now derive a function for change in acceleration (aka jerk)!

Trig had a similar impact though that is taught at a high school level not college. The two combined are quite useful for programming things with motion.