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>excel at maths all through k-12
>begin taking engineering degree.
>fall in love with maths in first year, switch to pure mathematics degree
>degree is quite challenging, especially last 2 years. highly interesting for me though.
>all my bro's doing engineering constantly giving me shit about how im gonna end up a highschool maths teacher
>over 9000 hours in matlab later, graduate with honours
>land a job at an insurance firm after only 3months of interviews (this was in 2006)
>started on $52000AU
>still living with parents, pay off student loan in less than 1year
>the work is really basic for me, simple modelling and analysis. spend majority of my days playing rubiks cube, drinking water, and out at lunch with girls.
>go out every night and weekend since the work is so unstressful.
>after 1.5 years get promoted to management position. $60kAU
>most of my engineering bro's are still clowning around at postgrad
>still living at home (don't give a fuck about the stigma, i still get laid) saving most of my earnings.
>probably have my own home by the time i'm 30
>either going to go back into academics, take an acturial course, or just retire and travel the world for a few years.
>most of my engineering friends earning sweet fuckall/unemployed. mfw

moral of the story, if you are even SLIGHLTLY talented, do maths. it's easily the most practical thing you can study at university next to medicine.

>> No.4463368

>Finding undergraduate math difficult

>> No.4463372

/sci/ - facebook

>> No.4463375

>18 years old join military
>21 go to college free on the GI Bill
>Geologist geologies for a few years
>find out how much my janitor gets paid
>start janitorial company at 29
>make my first million at 30
>make several more millions by 40
>wonder a lot about the utility of college
>laugh at kids that think they have it all figured

>> No.4463385

>accounting
>$52k starting
>firm pays for my CPA
>72k and still not in a management position.

>> No.4463386

>>4463375
i'm studying mechanical engineering, but i hope to open a funeral home once my funds allow it.

i find mechanics very interesting, but if i'm going to open a business it's going to be something relatively stress-free and sure to make me money.

>> No.4463388

>>4463385
>accounting
>/sci/

gtfo

>> No.4463389

>Molecular biology degree
>Get paid shit
>enjoy my work

Yes, I am jelly.

>> No.4463390

>>4463386
>funeral home
>stress free
enjoy being haunted by crying families and heartbreak

>> No.4463399

>>4463386
any service business is good. the profit margin on your time is ~%95.

>> No.4463411

>>4463390
i'm pretty apathetic so it will likely not bother me.

if i have one of those classy funeral homes then it will largely be old people, so i assume there will be much less drama.

>>4463399
service businesses have some inherent annoyances, unless you're serving the dead.

>> No.4463422

I wish I could believe OP's story, i don't want to waste my life away trying to get an electrical engineering degree when you can attain a comfortable level of success with just maths

>> No.4463433

>Pharmacy
>$76k starting
>$100+k in years
>Jobs everywhere, between big box stores to private businesses
>Overtime at hospital on the side
>program less stressful than med school
>Respected as fuck
>Dispensary license

Oh i'm sorry, I didn't here you talking about your shitty CS degree that will never get you a job.

>> No.4463434

>>4463422
"Just" maths?

>> No.4463445

>>4463433
>Respected as fuck
by who?

>> No.4463456

>>4463445
America is a country run by old geriatrics

Nobody has any reason to hate pharmacists unless you are a hoodrat trying to get high

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4463459

>>4463434

that's how i see it; i love math. if i could get a useful degree taking mostly math courses, it would change my life.

>> No.4463461

>>4463456
nobody has any reason to respect them either.

when you say pharmacy people think indian lady at walmart. or maybe that's what you consider respect?

>> No.4463468

>>4463422
i'm pretty much in the same position. I'm pretty fed up with the whole engineering aspect of EE, I might just switch into math eventually.

>> No.4463484

>>4463399
You totally just pulled that out of nowhere. Finance grad student here.