What Jobs are Available for Math Majors? 301
Asmor asks: "I'm currently a CS major/math minor in college, who's strongly considering a role reversal. I like working with computers as a hobby, but I'm not so sure it's what I'd want to do for a living. On the other hand, I love math, especially in its pure and abstract forms. I would like to get a doctorate some day, but ideally I'd like to find a job as soon as I get my bachelor's. I've expressed this interest to important people in my life (like my parents and such) and the general consensus is that there aren't any jobs for math majors. I can't really disagree. Aside from teaching it, something I'm not sure I'd want to do, I can't think of any jobs for math majors. So, what options are out there for me if I did decide to switch? Would my future consist of high school math classes? Also, how much work is involved?"
There are a LOT of jobs (Score:5, Insightful)
Hey, dude, forgot the largest one... (Score:5, Informative)
Paul B.
Re:Hey, dude, forgot the largest one... (Score:2, Insightful)
As an employer I prefer someone who knows exactly what he wants to do but not so many diplomas, rather than the opposite.
Having an objective is the best way to achieve it. NASA or NSA, they make sense if you have an objective and will give you more
chances during recruitment.
Hopefully all math students don't become teachers. What are willing to do your mates?
You probably have lame employees (Score:4, Insightful)
For someone with a focused desire, what's their excuse for not pursuing it with a diploma?
Aside from which, in 95% of work, if a would-be employee tells you the job you're offering is just what they always wanted, it's just a line. If people were honest, 75%+ of resumes would start with:
Objective: Make as much money as I can, with as little time as I can.
Re:Hey, dude, forgot the largest one... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:There are a LOT of jobs (Score:2, Informative)
The poster is talking about a 4 year degree in math, and probably doesn't yet have an area of specialization. Specialization would determine what areas a mathematician might go into, which are basically teaching, crypto, Wall Street, or some branch of science.
With only the basic math knowledge from a typical 4 year degree, the guy could be looking at getting some entry level science job,
Re:There are a LOT of jobs (Score:5, Informative)
the degree is worth more than you think.
Math majors get hired all the time. The major appears more esoteric than electrical engineer but there are lots of jobs out there where a variety of degrees can meet the requirements. In addition to that alot of fields prefer job candidates with more applied math skills like machine learning, computer vision and medical imaging. And, like mentioned above, financial companies have math heavy positions to look for credit card fraud and market modeling (but to work on wall street you will probably need an advanced degree).
When I was getting my degree (computational physics) I too was worried about my qualifications and felt I had to "specialize" or else I wouldnt be marketable. I am glad I did it but in the end what mattered more is I could show that I could do decent work by having a senior paper. My first job was doing semiconductor device fabrication in a research lab and I had almost no experience in the field. Now I am doing machine learning and work with mathematicians, computer scientists, and engineers. We all have our strengths but we all do very similar work.
And, for what it is worth, if you go to http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/ [opm.gov] and search for jobs with the keyword AST (aerospace technology), the qualifications say
"Basic Education Requirement: A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major study in an appropriate field of engineering, physical science, life science, computer science, or mathematics (not engineering technology). "
Those are the NASA jobs avaliable to math and engineering majors
Re:There are a LOT of jobs (Score:3, Informative)
About the Wall Street job: actually, math modelling doesn't take much, maybe a book or tw
Re:There are a LOT of jobs (Score:3, Informative)
Without the story poster giving us information about who he is and what he is interested in, we can't really tell him what he's good for. And as far as your career goes, you wouldn't have gotten in if it wasn't an area that you were at least interested in, let alone prepared for.
The part about his being fucked and that his degree is "as good as an Art History major" was a joke. I forgot t
Actuary (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Actuary (Score:3, Interesting)
Or really good at shoveling snow. At one time not long ago, 75% of all available actuarial jobs were within a couple hours of Hartford.
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To the OP: this may not be the best path for you if you're more interested more in pure and abstract mathematics, but if you can handle some mind-numbing drudgery every once in a while, it might not be a bad idea to look into becoming an actuary. The first two exams [beanactuary.org] aren't all that difficult, so I highly recommend checking out some of the sample questions to see if this kind of thing might be right for you. Buy a book or two and spend some free time studying and you could be well on your way. The best of luck to ya =)
Re:Actuary (Score:3, Informative)
First of all, it is definitely a profession that you can go into right out of school with a BS in Math. In fact, you can go into it with a degree in pretty much anything as long as you have the requsite math aptitude.
Second, unlike other careers, your career is pretty much defined by passing exams. This can be a double-edged sword. On the plus side, it provides an objective means to determin
Most seem to become teachers or stay in academia (Score:3, Informative)
I suppose the other 1% goes on to get a Masters and PhD in Math and stays at the University forever.
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:3, Insightful)
Where were the physics/chem majors? In my undergraduate days we outnumbered the math majors in any calc course.
And the people after teaching certificates were why such courses always finished with about a third of the students they started with. They changed majors to English or Media studies, eventually got their certificates and went on the teach primary and secondary math anyways.
Remember
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:2)
B.S. in Biology from my state's flagship institution, just as qualified to substitue as a kid with 60+ hours of college credit in any subjects in my state's farked up educational system. If I actually want a full-time job teaching I have to go back, take enough garbage credits for a BA in education (useful 12 hour semester as a student teacher not included). That's why I'm a sysadmin and not teaching.
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:5, Insightful)
One day they called her in and told her she had to get a Master of Education. She said, "Riiiiiiiiight!" They let her go.
Because she had a Bachelor of Fine Arts, ceramics, a specialty whose department she had created at her college; and thus wasn't qualified to show primary school children how to play with clay.
She became a photo journalist, travel. Had the time of her life and made more money with less grief. The only ones who really lost out were the children. Won't someone please think of. .
KFG
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:3, Insightful)
As another child-of-a-teacher, I can answer that - with a simple "no".
Education departments don't quite work like most others. They form a very rigid little clique, and strongly discourage any marketable second majors or minors* (warning sign #1, IMO - they want to make damned sure you have no easy escape once you start). And
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:2)
It's the same reason I guess that the CIS majors don't ever take theoretical computer science classes, which is for CS/CSE.
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:2, Insightful)
Oh, yeah, I can see where Stokes'/Green's/Taylor's Theorems and being able to prove them wouldn't be of any use to a physicist.
Next thing you know I'll be expecting them to learn stuff with no applicability to the real world at all, like tensor algebra and the fundamental theorem of metric geometry. What was I thinking?
KFG
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:2)
I'm tired of this phrase. If I went blind, one of the first things I would do (once I got tired of being depressed) would be to get help from blind people. How many seeing people know anything about using brltty?
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:2)
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Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:2)
For a lot of the math majors in my class, this was the last course they needed to graduate, and they had been putting it off until the last minute. For others, they had already tried to take this class before, and were re-taking it, and this was the only class they were regis
Re:Most seem to become teachers or stay in academi (Score:4, Interesting)
As far as other jobs, I find that for long term employment most people are looking for a masters degree. As far as I can tell, the resume filter tend to spit out anything without and engineering of CS degree on it, unless there is also a masters degree. A MS even helps if you are a teacher, and will allow you make some extra money teaching community college.
You could even go over to the dark side and get a masters of education in educational assessment. Due to NCLB, huge amounts of money are being funneled to the test makers, and they cannot get enough people to make the tests. It is a mathematical and computer based situation no matter what subject is being assessed. Who knows how long the gravy train will last, but at least until 2008, when all the bought and paid for elected officials get booted out of office. It is not that testing does not have it's good points, but a lot of parents are pissed off that their kid isn't graduating just because they can't pass a single assessment. One thing that I learned about assessment, and in my science classes, is that a single measurement is merely a guess.
A smart person will find a way to make a living no matter what degree they have. Some of it just has to do with luck. If you do teach, there are programs that will give some extra benefits if you go through them.
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Math major (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Math major (Score:2)
(I'm a Math/CS double major, btw)
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Lots ... (Score:2)
Chutes and ladders ... (Score:2)
Of course, the network operators around the world just cringed.
A list (Score:5, Funny)
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No, if you have a degree in math they let you work the register.
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Your college degree gets you in the door (Score:2)
If you eventually want a Ph.D., why not get it now? You're used to a low standard of living & may be paid a meager wage t
Re:Your college degree gets you in the door (Score:3, Informative)
Exactly. Math was one of my majors. I am in charge of IT where I work--never had a comp sci class in my life. There are a lot of career opportunities in business/management for Math majors--ever test your logic/reasoning skills against an MBA (outside finance or econ concentration)? Most business school graduates lack quantitaitive analysis skills.
My advise--make sure you have a well rounded background. Take some
Re:Your college degree gets you in the door (Score:2)
Yup. I couldn't agree more.
Transitioning into grad school is never going to be easier than immediately after your undergrad degree. If you know for a fact you want to go to grad school, then just do it. (Or take a year and travel the world, join the peace corps, start a band, or do other things that aren't half-hear
Author (Score:4, Interesting)
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Aside from that, I agree with you. My point was that you can make almost anything you want out of a degree. I have a friend who has a Masters in Musicology and works as a web designer. Again, there's no obvious connection, but he made it work.
what about teaching? (Score:4, Informative)
I'm a high school teacher, but there are plently of community colleges in the same fix (I do them part time on occasion as well). I know the community colleges around here allow their teachers to also work tech if they desire. This way, they can keep their skills sharp and up to date.
Re:what about teaching? (Score:2)
Out of about 1100 juniors and seniors, 19 took the AP CSci course. She seemed to do well with the kids. My son liked her, anyway, and came home and asked pretty insightful questions. I believe all but two of her students pas
Re:what about teaching? (Score:2)
And regarding your lab of Macs, I know most school districts have really poor IT departments -- either poor when it comes to staff quality, or poor with respect to their budget (and frequently both.) I'm just saying it may not have been your teacher's direct fault that the computers in her lab sucked.
Hey, you and your buddy sound like smart guys, w
Financial jobs (Score:2)
Vegas! (Score:2, Interesting)
Another job one of my math professors in college had was essentially data analysis for a mining company. They would place sensors in the ground and take some sort of reading, returning a huge amount of data that needed to be an
Re:Vegas! (Score:2)
Finance / derivitives (Score:5, Informative)
My dad has a math degree (Score:2)
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Do what you want! (Score:3, Insightful)
Do the Math Major/Compu Sci minor. If you're good enough to get a Phd then the problem of getting a job after your BSc will be trivial. With a Math major no decent software company will care. Likewise most financial companies will snap you up.
Are all college kids this dumb in the US?
PhD students are paid to attend school. (Score:2)
In the sciences, and this includes mathematics, the student gets paid to go to school. For example, we pay our students (biosciences) $2,600 per month (plus extra to cover tuition), which is about average across the top tier schools. Reg
Re:PhD students are paid to attend school. (Score:2)
Career Possibilities (Score:5, Informative)
1. Actuarial Science
Lots of probability and statistics if that's your thing. I've heard the qualification exams are pretty tough, and since you haven't really devoted study to it as an undergrad, you'd have to get some graduate education before you could even hope for a job.
2. Biostatistics (and other things like this)
Again, this would require some more education, but there's a good chance of you getting a job. Biological research is only going to continue to grow, and there's always room for someone to do the important mathematics.
3. Computer Science
I'm sure other people will point this kind of thing out, but places like Google, etc. definitely don't mind having mathematicians with CS background for things like algorithm development and the like.
4. Mathematics
Stick with it and get your PhD in pure (or applied) mathematics. Get a post-doc, and then a professorship, and enjoy a rewarding (intellectually) life in academia. If you really love it, this is a great way to go.
I think the main theme of this post is probably that the best way to ensure that you get a job (that does not involve teaching minors) is to keep going in your education. That is not to say that you can't get a job with a BS, but I think you'll find there's a lot more open to you in today's world with at least an MS.
Re:Career Possibilities (Score:3, Interesting)
It is also said to be the profession for people who find accountancy too exciting....
Very well paid though.
Derivatives trading (Score:2)
Most larger hedge funds, market makers, etc. will hire guys/girls (mainly guys tho for some reason) straight out of coledge (with a Bachelors or a doctorate) and train them up.
Lots of opportunities in that area, it you can stand the heat that is....
Re:Career Possibilities (Score:2)
Stick with it and get your PhD in pure (or applied) mathematics. Get a post-doc, and then a professorship, and enjoy a rewarding (intellectually) life in academia. If you really love it, this is a great way to go.
Just be sure that you can handle teaching students in the most basic math class that your future employer offers. Because, to put this rather bluntly, it can be a shitty job that nobody else wants to do, so you eill get to. It is stressful and doesn't pay well for the first few years
Re:Career Possibilities (Score:2)
Don't wait to get a Ph.D. (Score:5, Insightful)
First, my credentials: I did a dual major in Math and CS. I went to school planning on getting the CS degree, but, like you, I enjoyed the math so much that I ended up with two majors. Actually, I ended up with all of a CS major and 1.5 times as many math credits as I needed for that major. I also seriously thought about going on for an MS and PhD in math, but decided I wanted to take a break for a while and get a job.
Well, I got the job, and a wife, and kids, and while I don't regret any of how my life has gone, and wouldn't change it a bit, I'll tell you that if you're really serious about getting the post graduate degrees, do it now, don't wait. If you wait, odds are very good that you'll never get the other degrees. My math professors told me that back then, and I didn't believe them, but I now know just how right they were. You can even get married while still going to school, if you want, and I even know people who've finished their doctorate with a couple of kids, but they were smart enough not to stop going to school.
As for what kinds of jobs you can get with a math degree, there are lots, actually. A BS in math won't get you a "math job" (except as a schoolteacher), but it can certainly help you get lots of jobs that have an element of math in them. For example, if hiring a programmer, I'd generally hire a math major with a CS background over a CS major. In general, people look at a resume that mentions a math degree and automatically assume that you must be a bit smarter than the other resumes in the pile. So if you enjoy the math, you might as well do it, because it's never going to hurt you.
If you want a job where mathematics is the primary focus of your job, though, you really have to go on and get at least a master's degree. With that in hand, there are lots of engineering and research organizations that need someone with serious math skills. The best area of mathematics to pursue to for employability is almost certainly statistics. With a little additional effort you can become a certified actuary, for example.
A Ph.D. will get you into a lot of the same positions as an M.S., plus it's pretty much a requirement if you want to teach math at a university. Be warned, though... those math faculty positions can be hard to get. A good friend of mine is the chair of the math department at a local state university and every position they advertise nets them 200-300 resumes, many of them from very competent people. From what I hear, if you don't have anything seriously wrong with you that makes you unhirable, you will be able to get a job teaching math, but it might take a couple of years, and you'll have to be willing to live wherever the job is.
If math is what you really enjoy, though, I'd focus less on the job prospects and more on doing what you like. You'll be happier, even if you don't make as much money.
Sometimes it's better to wait for graduate school (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm in a Ph.D. program in the humanities. I worked for two years between college and graduate school, and I'm very glad that I did.
When I was in my senior year of college, I had no idea what I wanted to do. Here are some of the things I considered: doctoral study in any of several fields, law school, management consulting, high school teaching, the clergy, working in the non-profit world, working in government. I was in no position to commit to a seven year Ph.D. program that would prepare me for only one job--or to a three year law program that would leave me with a pile of debt.
So I found a job working for the government in Washington, D.C. and stayed there for two years. A year and a half out of college, it became clear to me that I really wanted to be in academia. Taking time away from school was necessary for me to make a mature decision. It also gave me the chance to see what the "real world" is like and to spend some time in a fun city. (Washington is a great place to be if you're right out of college.)
I don't feel that two years away from school hampered my academic ability at all. Maybe things are different in math. I hear that mathematicians tend to produce their best work at a young age. If that's true, there's an advantage to being in graduate school early. (In my field, people tend to do their best work at least a bit later in life.) I also don't know how graduate admissions committees look at people who take time away from school. Clearly it's not seen as a problem in my department, but maybe the sciences are different. Some professional schools (law, business) prefer students who have work experience.
I know nobody who's regretted taking time to work before going to graduate school. I also know nobody who had concrete plans to go to graduate school, took time off to work, and never followed through on the educational plans. (To be fair, I also don't know anybody who was planning to go to math grad school, in particular.) I know lots of people--lawyers and law students, mostly--who regret going straight from college to a graduate or professional program.
I'm sure that for some people, going straight to graduate school is the right decision. For instance, it's probably a good idea if you know that you want the degree, but you hate school and want to get it over with. Or if you're planning to start a family as soon as possible, and you don't want to do that while you're still a student. But for a lot of people, taking time between college and graduate school is the way to go.
Re:Sometimes it's better to wait for graduate scho (Score:3, Interesting)
It's not an easy thing to do, though. It's not easy to switch from 6 figures to a grad student stipent. It's very different being good at working to being good at grad school and it can be frustrating to feel like you've got more experience but are still junior. Plus
Re:Sometimes it's better to wait for graduate scho (Score:2)
Re:Don't wait to get a Ph.D. (Score:4, Interesting)
Actually, you can get into the NSA straight off undergrad. They have pretty extensive in-house training (or subsidized extra education) as far as I understand for any specialty you end up working, so they're mainly worried that you're bright and you have the fundamentals down. They even have a semester-on, semester-off undergrad intern program that sounds pretty neat if you're really interested in it.
I'm sure it's not trivial and the PhD probably helps a lot, but the option's there.
Actually, come to think of it, this guy I know at Yale said that stock firms on Wall Street were recruiting their majors straight out of undergrad for pretty sick pay. He might have just been blowing ivy league smoke up my ass, but I tend to believe him.
Lots of options (Score:5, Informative)
Part of what I'm saying is that you can do CS and not end up as a programmer, per se.
The other half of the equation is that there *are* significant (well-paying) jobs for mathematicians. Now, I doubt that you'd want to (or could) seriously pursue any of them with just a BS, but a PhD need not be a requirement. My S/O's employer has several math/statistics majors on staff who perform marketing analysis, trending, etc... some of it rather high-powered stuff. If you look into the Actuarial or Operations Research fields (if that floats your boat), there are awesome opportunities.
Whatever direction you choose, I strongly encourage you to go past a BS -- at least stay in school through an MS program. For one thing, it opens more doors down the road (I've gotten at least two jobs partially because I have an MS/CS). More importantly though, IMHO, it makes you a better professional; you learn a heck of a lot more in grad school than in undergrad -- at least that was my experience. You study your subject in far more depth and with far more rigor than in undergrad and you're treated more like a colleague than a student. It's an awesome experience, particularly if your're more of the geeky theoretical type
Whatever you do, make sure you enjoy it. Of course, you can always go back and get a second degree in underwater basket weaving or Anthropology, but it's a heck of a lot easier to get it right the first time. The sooner you identify a career path (at least vaguely), the better choices you can make in courses, internships, research focus, etc.
Good luck to you!
Wall Street (Score:2)
Go to Wall Street, make money, then do whatever you want.
Of the best people we had on our DARPA Grand Challenge team [overbot.com], one is runnning a hedge fund in Santa Fe, and one is working on derivatives for a Wall Street firm.
You can be a... (Score:2)
Janine, someone with your qualifications... (Score:2)
Seriously, though, you should look into grad school and seek work as an economist.
NSA (Score:2, Informative)
Be careful (Score:3, Insightful)
Make sure you are prepared for it. A lot of people I know who did well in calculus and differential equations (and other appliable engineering classes) weren't really prepared for the theoretical nature of high-level math classes. Try taking a low-level number theory class or something similar with a lot of proofs to determine if you are up for taking the high-level analysis classes.
I personally think a math major is somewhat useless if you want to be an engineer. The most it will do for you is teach you how to think in a more analytical way, but you won't learn as much as you may think. My school offered an applied math major which I think is a lot more useful and interesting.
Indeed! (Score:3, Insightful)
I love math, especially in its pure and abstract forms
Heh....Sure ya do... I suggest he take the following two courses:
If his desire for "pure and abstract" math is no less diminished, well then he is truly *unique*.
Theres a lot of things you can do.. (Score:4, Informative)
With a pure math BA you can basically go to any engineering, physics, biology, neuroscience, finance, econ, cs, etc masters or PhD program and do just fine. The important part about a math degree, is that it gives you the background and experience required to learn specific applications really quickly. There's a huge demand out there for people who are talented at math, although most of this demand isn't 'pure' math per se, there are a lot of interesting applied problems you can work on that do have theoretical interest to a mathematician.
You should really have no problem finding a job or getting into grad school in almost any tech/science type field that you're interested in coming out college with a BA in Math. The great thing about a math major, against a more specific applied major, is that you learn how to think about many of the applied problems in a deeper way, and since you're aquainted with the underlying theory, you can much more easily link various ideas that are only taught at a plug and play level in the applied fields (for example, most IOE curriculum is just rather narrow subset of graph theory & combinatorics).
Personally, I was interested in a lot of things as an undergrad, and decided to major in math since it basically kept all my options open on a grad/job level, and I certainly haven't regretted that decision.
Thinking of the similiar move (Score:2)
Bioinformatics (Score:3, Informative)
I think you'll find the bioinformatics field to be broad enough to meet just about any interest that you may have - work ranges from programming pattern recognition/alignment software (for protein or DNA work) to mathematical modeling of protein networks. Don't worry if biology isn't your greatest strength as you'll be working as a programmer/mathematician solving a biological problem, not as a biologist working with computers (in fact, graduate level programs in bioinformatics tend to recruit computer science majors as the biology/biochem/etc majors don't have the required background).
Some links for further information:
International Society for Computational Biology [iscb.org]
National Institute of Health [nih.gov]
UCSD [ucsd.edu]
Stanford [stanford.edu]
IBM [ibm.com]
Anything (Score:2)
Fast food - model what areas the company should expand into.
Science - help design statistically meaningful experiments
Industry - Help create failure models
Financial - Actuary
etc.
Pretty much the running theme is that as a mathematician you will be expected to analyze data and create models. Most often in a
Keep Math Major (Score:2)
a dose of reality (Score:2)
Math is cool but (Score:2)
Programming makes it far easier to use math but you need a third thing to be really valuable.
Finance and economics are your best bet as they are so universally in demand, but any carefully chosen engineering disipline will also do.
Be careful about gettin
Re:Math is cool but (Score:2)
Doctorates in Math or doctorates in general? I would hope that doctorates in Math would be theoretical.
Actuary, Quant (Score:2, Informative)
My experience is that the math in the exams will probably start at about what you could comfortably do at 18 (but may have forgotten since
The ke
NSA is the largest employer of mathematicians (Score:2)
Re:NSA is the largest employer of mathematicians (Score:2)
Many paths are open... (Score:2)
I did the opposite: I have a degree in Math, with a Masters in Economics, and I am a partner in a IT support firm, doing support for small businesses. But if you can wrap your head around math, you can pretty much
My experience (Score:2)
Anyway, the combination of Math+CS seems to do the trick. Every time I was looking for a job I got two or three offers. Usually from two areas biomed research and engineering, with engineering offers consistently being significantly better ($$$). Right now I'
Thanks, everyone! (Score:5, Interesting)
I haven't made my decision, but I've got strong leanings towards taking the switch. I think that next semester I'm gonna go a lot heavier on the math classes and dip into some of the more advanced stuff to make sure it clicks. Thanks again!
Companies that hire math majors (Score:3, Informative)
Of course, it takes quite a few years and a lot of work to get a Ph.D, so take that into consideration -- make sure you like it.
Another option that a few people have mentioned is financial services. A lot of brokerage firms
Dualing Majors (Score:2)
finance, but stay in school (Score:2)
Depends what else you know. (Score:2)
-Statistics: What I chose, decently easy and amazingly good opportunities it seems. Highly diverse as well so you can pretty much work in anything: finance, biology, insurance, accounting (of sorts), consulting (in various industries), data mining (ie: mos
Banks like Maths (Score:3, Informative)
Insurance -- take a look at actuary exams (Score:2)
grad school if wanted (Score:2)
You will find you don't have time. In my opinion most jobs available to a 4 year degree person majoring in mathematics would be fairly low level mathematics - at least one with no experience. I doubt that the "actuary" carreer path mentioned in previous posts uses much math beyond calculus and simple statisti
Operations Research (Score:2)
SPA: http://www.spa.com/ [spa.com]
ILOG: http://www.ilog.com/ [ilog.com]
Metron: http://www.metsci.com/ [metsci.com]
DA: http://www.decisive-analytics.com/ [decisive-analytics.com]
MITRE: http://www.mitre.org/ [mitre.org]
LMI: http://www.lmi.org/ [lmi.org]
There are ple
Re:Starbucks is hiring... (Score:2, Interesting)
Well yes, you've been modded a troll, but that's about the size of it really. Friend of mine used his PhD to . .
You see, math is not a career, it's a study. An act of scholorship.
I know, I know, that word has disappeared from the lexicon, but there are a few weirdos, here and there, who can still only be legitimately labeled as "scholars."
Well, or "worthless bum," depending on your metaphysics.
Re:No brainer -- FINANCE! (Score:2)
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