/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.5514610]

>tfw you have no future

Should I switch to a more practical major from mathematics? I wanted to go to graduate school for a Ph.D in math, but I'm beginning to realize I won't be able to get a job unless I do some Fields Medal level research for my dissertation (which I won't). Apparently the math professor occupation is oversaturated and I don't think it'd be wise for me to try to enter into it.

I've already done all the big math courses for undergrads and some graduate, but what would be a more useful field to get into which wouldn't be too boring?

[Anonymous No.5516353]

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[Anonymous No.5516363]

What are you interested in/want to do? Are you more of a theoretical or applied person?

[Anonymous No.5516367]

>>5516363
Theoretical, which means my only options are basically those as a philosophy major.

I guess I'll have to keep math as a hobby and find a practical job to consider.

[Anonymous No.5516385]

>>5514610

do computer science or economics

[Anonymous No.5516392]

Go into Actuarial Mathematics.

Instajob.

[Anonymous No.5516404]

OP, the path that society is moving in is leaving little place for jobs that aren't completely practical and profit oriented.

Gone are the days of people who could spend years in University and then find a job in Academia once they got their PhDs. The globalized economy saw an end to that and many other things.

You pretty much have to study something 'practical' (aka what is currently profitable for the bourgeois) or face homelessness.

[Anonymous No.5517399]

>>5516392
I've been told this before, but that's probably the worst career path I can think of for me.

[Anonymous No.5517801]

>>5514610
You need to take numerical analysis, linear programming, PDE, statistics, and probability. You want to be a numerical C/Matlab coder when you finish. Do not be a moron that can only do things on paper.

[Anonymous No.5517849]

If I only choose applied maths options like numerical linear algebra or fluid mechanics, will that improve my employability?

[Anonymous No.5517903]

>>5516404
>that entire post

[Anonymous No.5517979]

>>5517849
Nice shit post faggot. Look at the post above yours.

[Anonymous No.5518045]

>>5516385
How much math would a graduate CS student do? I know graduate school economics is very math intensive, but it looks like a dead-end. They're all PhD programs and Unis want researchers, so you have to be damn good to stand out.

[Anonymous No.5518051]

Bitch have you even heard of engineering? Take your math degree to an engineering firm and they'll tell people with PEs to fuck off. There is no such thing as a more useful degree then a math degree.

[Anonymous No.5518054]

>>5518045
>How much math would a graduate CS student do?
Maybe better said: how much would it help to have a math base?

[Anonymous No.5518076]

Computer Science makes it rain green, and it's nothing but applied mathematics.

[Anonymous No.5518111]

>>5518076
HAHAHAHa no.

[KKRajputana !KKRajputhA No.5518114]

Have you considered complimentary skills?
For some reason, a lot of people here seem to think that academics are the only worthwhile thing. Do some volunteer work, start a society like I did. It shows time management, people and organisational skills. Also shows you're not some number-crunching autist... but most of all, it's really fun.

Managed to get 750 people to my last event. Turned over £5k for charity. Every employer I get an interview with has asked me about it.

[Anonymous No.5518117]

Go into EE or CompE.

[Anonymous No.5518123]

[Anonymous No.5518134]

>>5518123
But engineering is just fucking boring.

[God !B2OKYgUtqI No.5518213]

>>5518134
>300k starting.
>Any job I want.

That doesn't sound boring to me, that sounds like a guy who will spend the rest of his days ballin' out of control

[Anonymous No.5518221]

Actuary is your only option. Don't listen to the fags telling you to do engineering, business or whatever. You will be laughed at if you showed up to a engineering consulting firm and said "I have a math degree, can i has job now?". Engineers don't take a lot of math besides the few obligatory calculus courses in the 1st&2nd year, after that, they'll learn things that's actually applicable to the branch that they're in (think thermodynamics, transport phenomena, structural analysis, logic design, etc). To them, you're worse than an engineering technologist, at least they have some applied knowledge and can work alongside the engineers.

Business, economics, accounting and the like are saturated. However, the job prospects for actuaries seem pretty good in this day and age. Look up the stats online if you want, they're not far off from doctors and lawyers when it comes to job security and compensation.

[Anonymous No.5518252]

>>5518213
> implying it's possible to ball out of control in 2013
Hahaha, what world do you think you live in? If you can manage to avoid poverty you're rolling high dollar.

[Anonymous No.5518257]

Anthropology major. How fucked am I.

[God !B2OKYgUtqI No.5518268]

>>5518252
The normal world where the economy isn't going to implode on itself within the decade.

AKA Europe.

[Anonymous No.5518276]

>>5516404
>dat post
Goddamn that depresses me so...

[Anonymous No.5518290]

>>5518268
Oh come on. The US economy was doing fine for almost 20 years. The lessons of the recession's been learned and the recovery is currently going on. Hopefully it can reach pre-2008 unemployment levels.

[Anonymous No.5518305]

>>5518290
keep telling yourself that, more bubbles are gonna burst soon enough... things are going downhill pretty fast

[Anonymous No.5518312]

>>5518305
What makes you say that?

[Anonymous No.5518330]

>>5518290
What were the lessons learned, if you don't mind me asking?

[Anonymous No.5518374]

>>5518330
Bad economic models being accepted even after being disproved because Wall Street was rolling in dosh. Of course, I actually don't know if they learned their lesson. I mean, they should...