What type of computer science jobs can I get with a degree in math?

I'd probably kill myself if I ended up an actuary. They're number monkeys, not mathematicians.

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*STEM degree

This. I'm a math major, and am taking CS classes and knowing multivariable calculus, recursive/infinite sums, matrix algebra, etc. has not made programming any easier.
I haven't taken any "real" upper level math classes yet, so maybe those help you, though, I doubt it.

Have you worked through Project Euler? It won't make you a great coder but the puzzles are a lot of fun if you're a math guy. You'll learn and implement some neat algorithms.

I have not, but I just looked it up and it looks fun. Will definitely check it out.

>but the puzzles are a lot of fun if you're a math guy
That's exactly why I'm taking CS classes. CS is an interesting, and different way of thinking of math. All the different sorts (merge, quick, and others) are pretty slick and something I would have of ever thought of implementing to sort a random set of items. Cool stuff.

Algorithm designers. Not the most paid job but is definitely highly respected and fully of the highest intellectuals of the field.

Veeky Forums's sort:
rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Sleep_sort

>All the different sorts (merge, quick, and others) are pretty slick and something I would have of ever thought of implementing to sort a random set of items

All the sorting algorithms studied in intro CS classes are trivial as fuck

>trivial as fuck

Cool.

my brother does actuary. he's passed almost all his exams and only makes probably 105k

you'd make more going the doctor route for the amount of time you have to spend taking exams. and they only offer some of them once a year so if you fail, you have to wait an entire year to retake.

why would anyone hire a mathematician for comp sci work?

computer scientists already take math complex enough for anything they'll need. if you want to work on microchips they already have electrical engineers who take even more math than comp sci majors. hell, even mechanical engineers arguably take more math than math majors, and they learn to apply it to real world scenarios. if they needed someone even more skilled than an undergrad they'd just hire a PhD who actually knows both.

>mechanical engineers arguably take more math than math majors
>this is what engineers actually believe

Engineers are good at taking a lot of hard things to be fair

>trivial as fuck
>implying simplicity doesn't correlate strongly to efficiency
>implying efficiency isn't the number one metric for judging an algorithm's worth

Get a PhD in math, then you can get any CS job that pays $300k starting.

sounds like my future anyways and I'm not even mad

>implying it is a bad thing

How many years of experience does he have?

I live in a socialist country and here actuaries earn like 120-150k$ on average with 10 years of experience

>implying that if something is relatively simple it is trivial

kys.

fuck getting a job, get a Ph.D and become a wizard. There is some emphasis on biological systems modelling at the moment: i.e. simuating bacterial interaction in a closed system.

My office mate is a theoretical physicist and pure maths graduate (he did an internship in one of those Grandes écoles in Paris) and he is doing just this, it is basically a shit load of mathematics and coding.

I'd rather make half that and actually get laid.

Author of that book taught my lower division calc class and has us use his book

Half what, you don't expect to actually get paid well after a Ph.D do you?

I think you can get lots of good jobs with a math degree. Many topics within computer science are dependant on a strong foundation in math.

> Neural Networks
> Machine Learning
> Optimization
> Algorithms
> Computer graphics

All of these subjects does not neccesarily delve into complicated math but any of said subjects _may_.

>mechanical engineers arguably take more math than math majors

lets here this argument faggot?

you never touch upper level math

since all of you fags just regurgitate equations assuming you could get through any proof heavy course is a long shot

yeah meche take a similar amount of math . . . probably about 10 fewer 300-400 math classes you fucking tool

what kind of maths an actuary needs?

Top kek

Studying to be an actuary here. Strong foundations in probability, statistics, and calculus are a must. I wouldn't be surprised if the amount of memorization you need for relationships would be well in the hundreds, though the theory is relatively easy. If you are planning to study actuarial science, get reference books and prepare for an exam months ahead; they do not fuck around.

have fun working at your nearest Wells Fargo branch with your math degree, counting up pennies and dollars on excel spreadsheets lmao

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>10 years experience

Yeah, I'd rather be a pharmacist or a doctor for that amount of time.

you should come out of college with numerical programming skills in matlab and a regular language c is good.
make sure you take the following
-numerical analysis
-linear programming
-pde
-statistics
-probability
-algorithms
-data structures

i work as a fixed-income matlab programmer

>CS jobs
>math degree (graduate level)
Do algorithms, graph theory, crypto, other research

>math degree (undergraduate)
lel what, enjoy being someone's MATLAB monkey I guess.

Do actuaries not realize that they can do more in life than be white collar as fuck?

Do hobbies not exist to them?
You'd think all that critical thinking that Math taught them would let them figure that out.

That's remarkably clever. The C code was like three lines, too.

Its a guild job, hence you need to know someone to get a job or be a freemason.