Ask Slashdot: What to do with a Math Degree?

badmojo17 writes: After achieving her lifelong dream of becoming a public school math teacher, my wife has found the profession to be much more frustrating than she ever expected. She could deal with having a group of disrespectful criminals as students if she had competent administrators supporting her, but the sad truth is that her administration causes more problems on a daily basis than her students do. Our question is this: what other professions are open to a bright young woman with a bachelor's degree in math and a master's degree in education? Without further education, what types of positions or companies might be interested in her as an employee?

do math?

[poetmatt]

Is there really more to the headline than that?

Math traditionally leads to an exceedingly high paying career, depending on what you do.

seriously?

[jakimfett]

After achieving her lifelong dream of becoming a public school math teacher, my wife has found the profession to be much more frustrating than she ever expected.

Welcome to life.

Ask Slashdot: What to do with a Math Degree?

[LeadSongDog]

Most people frame it and hang it on a wall.

Different school system

[Spazmania]

Try a different school system. They're not all bad.

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Engineering

[Jane Q. Public]

Many engineering firms can use a mathematician. For example one company I worked for did a lot of discrete finite-element computer modeling, and required a mathematician to ensure that it was being done properly.

Also, with a master's in education, and a bachelor's in math, she's probably much more qualified to be a college math professor than most college math professors. At least in college, you don't have the same kinds of problems as in public schools.