Basically anything. You won't do anything in mathematics unless you get a graduate degree in mathematics. Instead, focus on selling yourself to employers for your transferable skills (problem solving, quantitative skills, analytical skills, etc.). Because mathematics does a really good job of teaching you these skills, you can get into pretty much any field with a degree in mathematics. Ideally, learn a bit about some other topic that interests you (I did finance and now work in investment banking) and learn as much as you can through being involved in groups and taking classes. If nothing else it sets you apart. Also, at my school mathematics majors had the most success in being admitted to law school (honestly, just don't major in poly sci or english, lol).
Math Jobs
Yes, my gpa is 3.7
I got my Associates degree in winter of 2015
I qualified for 3 scholarships, which refused to pay out because I was a degree holder. I was refused by the department of education for a Pell grant and loans for summer term.
I had to pay $1100 for my 3 summer classes out of pocket.
All because I earned a degree.
Not sure if just messing with me or serious, but I better not get that degree just in case. It's an associate's in Math, so I won't need it anyway.
If you're not interested in research, then Math with computer science/finance or a statistics/actuary route is the way to go. Don't mistake Statistics. Probability theory and Time Series Analysis for example become sophisticated Mathematics at a higher level.
Don't get it unless your institution advises you to.
>that's a lie
Does anyone have something backing this up?
There was a graph that broke down where math majors ended up as their career. From what I can recall it said that 40% of math majors ended in finance, 40% in education and 20% in software. I am rounding those up because there were like 15 other fields that had like 0.45% and 2% scores.
Unfortunately I cannot find that graph so the best I can give you is this
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static2.businessinsider.com
Obviously, the flaw is that it is grouping 3 majors as mathematics and that makes it hard to assume anything from this graph.
If anyone knows which graph I was talking about and has it or knows where it is please post it so I can save it this time.
Okay. I found something similar. This Kent university apparetly is not shit and keeps good statistics.
kent.ac.uk
Entire page: kent.ac.uk
Removing the PhDs and MSc people, and also those who were listed as not available and still seeking, to get good a image of where do math BSc end:
60% turns into 100% so.recalculating:
Teacher training: 15%
Teachers: 18.33%
Finance: 33.33%
Computing: 16.67%
Statistics: 5%
Non-math fields (failures in life): 11.67%
So indeed, finance takes one of the bigger chunks of mathematics graduates but it is only 33.33%, one third of the people. Two thirds end up somewhere else.
And in the bigger picture, finance only takes 20% of the people, but I think it is unfair to compare bachelors with masters and doctors when it comes to careers and that is why I adjusted the percentages.
> Data structures can be seen as graph theory, for example. Algorithms can also be interesting.
What are some great books for someone in the computer science field looking to learn about graph theory?
or type theory, for that matter.