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I love maths, but I don't want to be a high school maths teacher. Then I concider computer science and electrical engineering, but I'm affraid it'll be too basic / easy.

What do ?

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>> No.7309805

Do a phd in math, then refuse to be a high school math teacher and remain unemployed.

>> No.7309815

>>7309805
Exactly :c

Is there a middle ground ? Or do I have a choice of being a poor mathematician or a bored engineer ?

>> No.7309843

>>7309802
>electrical engineering
>too easy

Not unless you got to a shit school. It's definitely one of the hardest programmes at my uni.

tbh I've actually always found maths to be easy, even complex analysis didn't take much work.

>> No.7309847

>>7309802
stats and cs (machine learning, cryptography, etc) both have math jobs that pay well

>> No.7309848

>>7309843

Ok, so what's hard in electrical engineering in a good uni ? (I'm not in a uni, so don't judge)

as in I'm afraid that it'll be the basic math that's in chemistry

>>7309847
The third scary thing is that the job might be a grind. Stats looks like one. On the other hand cs is promising

>> No.7309862

>>7309848
all jobs are a grind to some degree. entry level stats jobs (data analysis) can be pretty rough. cs jobs that have interesting work and promotion opportunities aren't 40h/week, but it's not bad if you enjoy it

>> No.7309867

>>7309848
As far as maths goes the requirements are:
>stats
>vector calc
>calc I-III
>complex analysis
>linear algebra
>numerical methods
>discrete maths(boolean algebra/comlplexity/algorithms)
>fourier/laplace/z transforms
>differential equations

But the difficulty is in the huge course load and other subjects and the ways of solving probles/designing systems etc. is much more difficult. For example semiconductor physics goes a fair bit into QM but it was a lot easier than architechture design.

>> No.7309872

>>7309802

The mathematics in CS is really easy and don't let any CS braggart tell you otherwise. The math in EE is much more involved but the real meat of it won't be seen until grad school.

>What do ?

You should double major in EE and Math and learn CS theory on your own.

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7309879

>>7309802
You can literally make tens of millions of dollars being a "good" electrical engineer.

>tfw its so hard you would get decimated simply trying to complete the baseline courses

>> No.7309881

>>7309879
bring it

>> No.7309890

>>7309879

I bet you can list all of the electrical engineers who have made tens of millions of dollars on a single page in 12 pt font.

How many electrical engineers are there?

It's better chances than the lottery, but if you become an engineer because you want to be a millionaire you are an idiot.

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7309910

Not OP, there's a program at my school that is basically a major for quants and is supposed to be hard and shit; should I go into that or CS/Math (this is a relatively non-shit school) for a job where I won't want to kill myself (planning on masters in either after studies) but make mad $$? I realize the job market at the higher level is just for 'unique' people in general (regardless of qualifications/t1 school status etc.), but I just don't want to end up as a codemonkey too soon..

>> No.7309913

>>7309848
>as in I'm afraid that it'll be the basic math that's in chemistry

It's that plus

Vector Calculus and Multivariable Analysis
Applied Linear Algebra and Numerical Analysis
Fourier and Functional Analysis
Complex Analysis
Signal Analysis and Processing
Control Theory
Combinatorics and Graph Theory
Measure Theory, Probability and Statistics
Information Theory, Abstract Algebra and Coding Theory
Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations

EE/CpE is the most mathematical engineering field. They only way you'll see more is if you going into pure math or theoretical physics.

>> No.7309914

>>7309890
Considering that a significant portion of graduates from my school go straight into the city, the odds are actually pretty good.

>> No.7309918

>>7309890
>to be a millionaire

Being a millionaire isn't hard these days. Earning tens of millions isn't bad for a moderately successful engineering start up.

>> No.7309921

OP don't get fooled here into thinking electrical engineering will please you, math wise.
While of course everyone who got his experience with the highest math he encountered in some department thinks that's high math, the math in electrical engineering is really a joke.

>> No.7309935

>>7309921

If you want to study math, study math. The point of other majors isn't to study math.

>> No.7309937

>>7309802
>complexity theory and category theory (which isn't strictly CS, but has many applications in it)
>easy
Oh wait, you're talking about University curricula? Nevermind then.

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7309955

>>7309802
>electrical engineering
>too basic / easy

lel. pleb.

>> No.7309983

>>7309815
What makes you think being an engineer is boring? We take all the interesting parts of math and fuck around with them and let the smelly pencil necks figure out the boring stuff.

>> No.7309994

>>7309802
> afraid it'll be too basic / easy.
> afraid of easy things

Is this how your imaginary animu life goes? Hate to break it to you, but you're just another run of the mill retard. Embrace your mediocrity, it's the first step to move beyond it.

>> No.7310015

The good thing about EE is that if you ever grow bored of it, you possess the sufficient theoretic background to understand how sticking a fork in an electric socket can be used to solve any and all problems you might have in life.

>> No.7310021

>>7309815
there is no middle ground

only infinite dread. success is meaningless, and failure will lead to depression.

life is pointless, kill yourself while you're ahead

>> No.7310024

>>7309890
i became an engineer because i am smart enough to devise use cases that people would pay for

electrical engineering has allowed me to implement those use cases and make that money

enjoy being a jelly first year, scrub

>> No.7310038

>>7309802
>I love maths, but I don't want to be a high school maths teacher. Then I concider computer science and electrical engineering, but I'm affraid it'll be too basic / easy.
> too basic / easy.

Do you even know how to do a formal proof?

>> No.7310050

>>7310021
/thread to all threads ever made in 4chan and irl

>> No.7310810

>>7309848
>math thats in chem

This actually made me laugh, hehe, sorry. I'm an EE/Math double major at a top 100 internationally ranked uni. Our math goes through vector calc and differential equations, then physics goes through QM and GR. It is highly recommended that EEs go on to take extra math classes, so that they can have less of a hard time in the engineering upper divs. I am using my advanced mathematics in my physics and EE classes all the time. I have yet to see a chem major who goes much past some relatively simple ODEs and Vector calculus.