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298035 No.298035 [Reply] [Original]

What employment positions can I get with a BA in Mathematics?

>> No.298036

Any job you want, 300k starting.

>> No.298037

anything quantitative you can spin to your advantage.

But seriously learn to fucking code

>> No.298065

That depends

What programming languages do you know?

>> No.298088

>>298065
None.

>> No.298100

>>298088
Then you can be a teacher or a researcher in academia.

If you pass a bunch of shitty tests you can become an actuary, but you should've started on that half way through college.

>> No.298111

Can I be an accountant or an analyst?

>> No.298119

>>298111
Ok, I'll answer your question seriously. It's a long shot if you want to be an accountant. I'm willing to bet almost none of the classes you took count towards the requirements for the CPA exam. You'd have go back to school for a MAccy or something similar to get the credits necessary for sit for the exam. You don't need to be a CPA to prepare tax returns or do audit work, but most big accounting firms are looking only for recent/graduating college students who are CPA eligible.

You can always do AP/AR or bookkeeping type work, but that's "below" your math degree.

>> No.298124

you can go into the air force for a few years and go for air traffic control when you're out.

>> No.298158

>>298111
You could look into becoming an Actuary.

>> No.298831

bump

>> No.298864

>>298035
pure math is as useless when it comes to getting a job as liberal arts.

no one wants to admit it though because math is difficult

>> No.300488

>>298864
Not remotely true.

Pure math may not have much practical usage, but it's a really good marker for recruiters hiring into quantitative positions.

>> No.300815

>>300488
Like what positions?

>> No.300816

Become math tutors. Molest girls. Go to jail. Free everything?

>> No.300854

>>300815

Cashiers for when the power goes out.

>> No.300885

>>298111
Accountatnt is a fucking waste with a math degree. You can learn everything you need with one book. It's a boring job that's very simple and monotonous.

>> No.300904

>>298035
With teaching cert you could teach snot nosed kids to count, go for that because of the benefits.

>> No.300913

>>298036
>Any job you want, 300k starting.
While this is a meme around here, it has some truth. Mathematicians are sought after for their problem solving skills and tenacity (showing they can stand the grind).
So, pick a field you like and look around.

>> No.300929

>>300913
That's only true for math PhDs. Any dumb fuck can get a math BA, it's not indicative of any real intelligence. It's the easiest STEM major with an undeserved reputation of being hard by people who didn't major in it.

>> No.301058

>>300929
I guess where the BA is from. In Germany you get Analysis right in your first semester.

>> No.301249

>>298035

learn several programming languages
become a data analyst

go back to school and get a masters in engineering

get an mba and see if you can transition into high finance (why the fuck do people even call it high finance)

get a masters in education, and become a math teacher

get your masters and then phd, then become a professor at a decent university

>> No.301258

How valuable is an A.B. in Mathematics from UC Davis? Will I likely be admitted to a top-level graduate school?

>> No.301266

not OP, but does anyone know what the hiring situation is like w/r/t math PhDs and academia job opportunities? i'm well aware that other liberal arts, and especially the humanities, are in a death spiral, but i don't know if the difficulty curve of math degrees makes it more likely to find employment.

>> No.301279

>>300929
Does Finance and Economics count as a STEM

>> No.301280

You should be rightfully laughed out of the office if your applying to do anything other than educate someone on math with a BA in math.

Why didn't you get the BS

>> No.301297

>>301279

No

>> No.302573

>>301058
>implying Calculus is Real Analysis

>> No.302592

What can I do with a BA in Math and CS? Double major here who followed the whole "don't do CS alone, combine it with something like biology, genetics, EE, math, physics, and maybe art, music, or criminology" and I chose math because I like math.

I was actually thinking Math + Econ too but I went with CS because I like computers doing computer things.

Good idea? Can I do something good?

>>298158
Oh hey, that was one of my plans but I heard the labor market started getting inflated because everyone heard that it's a well paid job with little competition.

>> No.302666

>>302573
It's not. But I got BA and BS mixed up. No BA around here.

>> No.302676

>>302592

CS + Maths is a good combo. If you add some Finance type courses youll be set for a profitable life as a quant. But CS in general is pretty lucrative on its own.

>> No.303201

>>302592

CS should be pretty damn good on it's own I think

>> No.303262

>>302592
>>303201
I can attest to this. Even without a degree you can get a very good job with self taught programming skills.

>> No.303304

>>300929

It's either the easiest or most difficult major depending on your course selection. Math+CS and Math+Ed majors typically pick the most pathetic piss easy classes they can find while honors students and occasionally Math+Physics/Eng students pick the hardest classes that are available to them. The smart ones can ~sell~ themselves into a lot of job positions while the lazy ones are kind of screwed for employment.

>>301266

Pretty bad from the stories recent (good) PhDs have told me. One applied to 120+ openings in every continent but Antarctica and only heard back from 3. The following year, they applied to around 200 and just heard back from ~7.

>> No.304798

>>300815
Quantitative traders/analysts.