Ok Veeky Forums, what are your goals? What gets you out of bed each morning to grind that shit out? Be honest, no shitting on others for no reason. Let's get a decent thread going for once
> subject > current position > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) > reasons for goal
I'll start > subject maths - topology, set theory, model theory > current position grad student > goal professorship > reasons for goal continue to do something that I enjoy, teach students, earn a decent living to provide for my current and future family
>What gets you out of bed each morning to grind that shit out? nothing
currently number theory grad student
Joshua Powell
well, what do you want to do afterwards?
Ayden Morgan
whatever's available
basically got this far by accident, making it up as i go along
Hunter Thompson
There are plenty of things you could do. If you enjoy the subject go for a phd. If you don't go get a decent job that pays well and use that money as fuel for some other endeavour that will increase your happiness. If you're doing number theory, you should maybe move into cryptology are get a job in a tech/security/intel firm?
Jackson Cook
>number theory >a decent job that pays well
lmfao
Easton Stewart
I've met number theorists who were hired by intelligence agencies and now make a decent living. As well as this, Google/microsoft/anyone that needs coders and security will want cryptographists and coders
Henry Butler
>subject Parasitology: Genomic Parasitology & Bioinformatics >Current position Ph.D Researcher >goal Prof of Genetic Parasitology/Parasitology >reason for goal Because it is the best subject in the world (imo), so I want to continue research and do a bit of lecturing
Kayden Jackson
how many years left of your phd? > I want to continue research and do a bit of lecturing don't you want a waifu or famiry?
Ethan Hernandez
2, only just getting my trousers off with the project really. >family I don't know, but my story in that regard is a bit of a sad one. I left the love of my life back where I was living before my Ph.D knowing that leaving to do a doctorate would mean the death of the relationship. I chose the Ph.D because I have never considered that I would do anything else so I had to make a sacrifice one way or another. My childhood dream won. So because of that I have misfeelings about a wife and family.
Hudson Cruz
What is happiness if not shared
Grayson Russell
>Subject Material Science mainly to do with atomic crystalline solids >Current posistion 3rd year student >goal Making a better measurement for hardness >reasons for goal Mohs is fucking retarded
Matthew Thompson
> subject quantum mechanics > current position independent researcher > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) don't care about status, just want to understand the universe :)
lol
Christian Rodriguez
> subject Computer science > current position Graduate student (MS) / Research scientist intern in crypto, network security, and network information theory > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Senior software engineering position on a project that touches theoretical concepts. Bonus points if research is a stated job requirement. I would also like to have my hands in one or two successful start-ups at any one time. > reasons for goal I like to have to work through theoretical problems, but I would hate my life if that was all I did.
I've actually already been offered a position like this; just need to graduate and then work on the senior part.
Sebastian Green
Extend the scope of Cybernetics and apply it biological systems
Angel King
>subject marine biology >current position 3rd year student, research assistant >goal grad student, PhD ? >reasons for goal i like to eat seafood and would like to continue eating seafood in the future
Samuel Rogers
>> subject EE >> current position student >> goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) get very rich and obtain 'immortality' >> reasons for goal I dont want to die because then everything will have been for nothing
Jeremiah Martinez
> subject Computer Science
> current position Working on my master's thesis.
> goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Becoming a doctor and doing research on algorithms and AI.
> reasons for goal 1. I want people to call me "doctor" instead of "mister". 2. Working outside of academia is for plebs.
Lincoln Garcia
> subject machine learning > current position getting masters degree > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) PhD researcher > reasons for goal I think AI will be enormously beneficial for mankind and I want to contribute anything I can to achieving it.
John Ramirez
> I want people to call me "doctor" instead of "mister" you are the type of person they tell not to do a doctorate.
Lucas Gutierrez
>> subject Computer science >> current position freshman, first year >> goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) sounds stupid but..I wanna be an IT guy in space, or develop something that changes lives or researching how to achieve faster internet everywhere on the globe. >> reasons for goal huuuuuuge passion for space.
Caleb Collins
>subject Biology, somewhat interested in nuclear engineering >current position Undergrad >goal to get a job >reasons for goal i want to have money
Tyler Martin
>subject electrical engineering >current position undergrad >goal suicide after graduation or when I've hit my 100th dick sucked >reasons for goal live with pride, don't become an engineer. Who knew choosing a certain career path could turn you gay
Ian Clark
Ah, perfect. I'll write up a thesis on that in a week.
Samuel Kelly
>> subject nuclear physics
>> current position grad student
>> goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) idk someone pays me money to keep doing research. prob stay in the ivory tower unless I hate it by the time I finish my PhD. Next step postdoc??? Google??? Big bucks at big banks snubbin Brother Bernie???
>> reasons for goal what are my bb boys quarks actually doin in there? tell me about your lives boys. why won't you come out and play on your own?
John Powell
"independent researcher" in "quantum mechanics"
Jackson Parker
> subject applied math > current position undergrad > goal avoiding boredom > reasons for goal can't resist trolling fellow wagies; maybe there's a better outlet for my energies
Bentley Rivera
>Subject Nought.
>Current position Awaiting registrations for my undergraduate degree to open. Currently making money through property investment, and going to have a business start-up by next year.
>Goal Create a successful portfolio with properties so that I can be financially independent through my studies, and also fund later research. Hope to get a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.
>Reasons for goal Because I enjoy biology, and want to publish some studies. I love writing and research. I hate being dependent on others (thus the entrepreneurial start-up).
Jace Smith
>Subject Mathematics and Computer Science (Discrete and Algorithms) >Current Position 3rd year student >goal Lecturing/Teaching >Reasons for goal I've had my fair share of poor instructors who provided insufficient problems or an abundance of routine exercises that weren't challenging. I want to be able to give students a different experience that entails a real challenge.
Kevin Wood
Not a physics guy at all. Explain the smirk pls?
Austin Hughes
> subject maths - doing some soul searching to find my research topic atm.. > current position msc student > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Either professorship and that's it, or a high-paying private job for a number of years to put money aside, then teaching high school when I don't give a fuck anymore > reasons for goal I really enjoy math and teaching but I don't want to get locked into teaching so early in my life. Besides I think I would miss out on a lot by not doing research (at least for a phd). Professorship offers the best of both worlds, but if I can't get an academic job I think at least I'd like to teach by the end of my career
Daniel Rivera
>Ok Veeky Forums, what are your goals? Living long enough to witness the AI apocalypse
>What gets you out of bed each morning to grind that shit out? The unbearable smell of dried cum on my crotch
Carson Powell
> subject Canadian studying information systems > current position Just finished internship in the Netherlands > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Be a wealthy entrepreneur with a dynamic lifestyle not attached to a wage slave life > reasons for goal Ego is too big to be someone elses slave
Elijah Morris
>he fell for the wage slave meme Maybe you should stop visiting this site if you're this gullible.
Evan Brooks
What are you insinuating
Isaac Morales
lol. hope you're physically fit m8.
Dylan Campbell
> subject chem > current position fresh grad > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) do research in probability > reasons for goal fuck chem
Ian Powell
>subject History and Philosophy of Science, Math/Physics >current position Doctoral student >goal Academia + research in meta-epistemology to clarify epistemological antinomies in high level scientific disputes (and in general) >reasons for goal If successful, become the Kant 2.0 to Einstein's Newton 2.0, have sex with a lot of young girls when I'm 90
Brandon Edwards
>subject Math and compsci >current position Student >goal Bachelor in math and a bachelor in compsci + masters in either one >reasons for goal To do something else than masturbate to cartoons all day. Just finished with multivariable calculus and short intro to complex analysis
Luke Nguyen
>subject Math
>current position 4th year, ready for grad school application.
>goal I hope I'll end up as a professor.
>Reasons for goal I just want to get paid to think about math. Plus doing a research project this summer made me confirm that is what I want to do for the rest of my life, if possible.
Josiah Gray
I'm surprised your ego is still this intact in your doctoral studies.
Logan Bennett
>subject math and physics >current position part time in retail... low gpa with bio and env sci majors >goal be on par with grad school level knowledge of physics >reasons I took diffy q and linear algebra my senior year and have been taking classes on EdX... I just like it. If I had a chance to start over I'd do math and physics and do well...
Jason Gray
I'm only a math undergrad but I want to get a PhD.
>low GPA with Bio and Env. Sci. >thinking you'll do well in Physics and Math
Wew lad maybe you should stick to retail and watching the Discovery channel.
David Ross
you paedophile kid molester child rapist
Gabriel Brown
>subject Mathematics & Economics
>current position Undergraduate
>goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) PhD and beyond. I am particularly interested in Complex Adaptive Systems, Automation, Dynamical Systems, Network Topology, and Non-Equilibrium modeling. I don't really care about prestige or ego, I would be happy working away in some minor university. Perhaps, if I can indulge myself with the thought, I could be part of some unknown heterodox department that eventually becomes the ground zero of the new economics, a kind of Economic Nicolas Bourbaki.
>reasons for goal I hope that I can contribute to the heterodox school and be a part, however insignificant, of the new economics that will come to define the 21st century.
Blake Green
>non-empirical economics eww
Ayden Bennett
literally me
David Howard
> subject Math > current position Undergraduate > goal grad school/Phd and then research/professorship > reasons for goal It is the coolest thing I can think of to do until my meat-bag stops operating.
Oliver Cruz
As I said I took diffy q and linear algebra. I've gotten 60%+ on all the classes I've taken on EdX, including the 3-class quantum mechanics series, electricity and magnetism, and some intro level astrophysics course. I also took a lot of chemistry electives, including quantum chemistry and spectroscopy, so I have a decent start.
Plus, it's not like Im going to actually be able to apply myself anyway
Jose Rivera
A-are you me?
Luis Murphy
>mfw we started with real analysis in year 1 and it was my favourite subject
Sebastian Anderson
The smirk is me being an asshole and calling shenanigans on this person claiming to be an independent researcher. People that call themselves independent physics researchers on the internet are usually people like Gene Ray that don't know what the fuck is going on.
I encourage everyone to learn about physics if they'd like. Buy some textbooks. Work through Jackson and Shankar and whatever else. Make use of the myriad materials provided by universities.
Please don't fall into the trap of being someone that believes shit that gets uploaded to vixra.org though. These people are all over the place. I find them interesting on a social level, but really depressing on a physics level. They're obviously EXTREMELY passionate, but they're so fucking wrong.
Jaxson Bell
> subject Astrophysics > current position Undergrad > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Research position, wouldn't mind also being able to get on a platform and teach to a wide audience > reasons for goal Self-indulgence, enlightenment meme, etc.
Still deciding how much of meme I want to make of myself, whether I go into theoretical research or not. May have fucked up by not doing any undergraduate research yet, but I still have two years to weasle my way into grad school.
Cheers and best of luck to everyone else in this thread.
Nolan Flores
Iktf bro
Leo Wright
But an object is a goal
Jonathan Nguyen
> subject Maths - Automata and language theory, parsing theory and other theories about compiler programming (I'm mathematician).
> current position None, currently unemployed. Recently got my master degree.
> goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Actuary, or some job related to mathematical finance.
> reasons for goal Here there are no companies or institutions that need my skills except universities but I dont want to be professor because the salary is really bad and I hate teaching... and ah, yeah, want to earn money.
Carter Martinez
>(I'm mathematician) Nice try, CSfag. You aren't tricking anyone.
Hudson Myers
>Geology
>End of Masters course
>Trying to get a job working with GIS and geology related information systems
>Want to do more programming/tech related stuff. I now care more about how the programs I use work than the geology.
Xavier Walker
> subject physics > current position First year grad student > goal Become a federal research for bio/neuro physics > reasons for goal I want biophysics to become something more than crystallization of proteins or other garbage. I want to have an actual medical impact on the world, no matter how small.
Kevin Butler
> subject Biophysics > current position Undergrad student, lab assistent > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Academic researcher > reasons for goal I want control in what directions I do my research which is difficult in government and business.
Caleb Gomez
>Automata and language theory, parsing theory and other theories about compiler programming >not math
I have a feeling you don't know what you're talking about.
Owen Taylor
Eyy, have you read anything by Ling?
Ryder Anderson
Damn are you me?
Jeremiah James
nope, what should I look into?
Jackson Parker
> subject B.Sc:Psychology; Minor:Math; Conc.: Cognitive > current position 3rd year undergrad > goal i-become a h.s. math teacher ii-teacher's college -> masters in educ. iii-math degree -> masters in math
> reasons for goal Too lazy to put in the work for a math degree right now, so just enough work to be qualified for teaching h.s. calc and such. Already 27 and need an income asap for muh debt. Ontario teachers are very well paid. Thus, brush up on necessary math across summers/travel to qtPie-lands then take math courses along the way. Perhaps minor in physics so I don't have to teach social sciences as a second subject.
Colton Martinez
Hows the teaching market for math teachers these days? It's the lowest rung of my backup careers once grad school is said and done. As shitty as the math is in highschool, having summers off could be sweet.
Nolan Gutierrez
Just do a search @ workopolis or of the ilk. Starting around 45,000. Not great, not terrible.
Isaac Clark
>Not great, not terrible. 45k is pretty abysmal. Better than nothing but I wouldn't want to teach some fucking high school faggots for that much.
Michael Baker
>number theory >is there a solution to this in [math]\mathbb{Z}[/math]
>analysts: just find one in [math]\mathbb{C}[/math]
wow it was that easy nice meme subject
Christopher Fisher
I'm pretty sure 45k is around the average Canadian salary so really, your salary is average right out of school. If you ask me, that's pretty good. Are you one of those people who expects an absurd 70k right out of school? It happens but is disproportionately unrealistic.
I've done that before but I find it hard to judge what's going on from that point of view. I think someone closer to being in it might have a better perspective on the matter. What would be optimal would be a detailed survey administered by the government.
Jeremiah Hernandez
Building snowboard halls everywhere...
Ethan Turner
It's not bad in Canada. It's hovering around middle class.
Yeah, it's pretty good for out of school. Living no differently than I do now, I could have my school loan paid off in under 10 years. Few people get 70k out of school that aren't doing lots of side-jobs and/or working tons of overtime.
Liam Brooks
>Computer Engineer >First year at CC after dropping out of university >I want to graduate eventually. I want passing grades this semester. I want to learn about the hardware details of computers and earn 60k starting. >My family is poor and I want my dad to work less so he can spend more time at home. I want to pay my parents' rent or get them a home if I can afford it
Austin Lewis
Noble goals. Any plans to transfer to a "real" university?
James Johnson
maths - topology and geometry senior undergrad phd love maths so much
if you don't think morse theory is the sickest shit then fuck outta my face
Jayden Rivera
>albert einstein in charge of being happy lol
Jaxon Cox
>> subject Mathematical Physics >> current position undergrad >> goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Get PhD, but then just move to a small town in Alaska and live simply doing research in my free time. >> reasons for goal I love geometry, but know I would hate working in academia.
Juan Robinson
Heterodox school's will never make their thought big.
You can however, always get the Ego-boost when people are trying to put others below them on the academic scale down and you're not even on the same ladder so you wave at them indifferently.
Levi Stewart
> subject Psychology > current position Undergrad > goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) Experimental Psychologist. Something involving making psychology more empirical and scientific (psychometrics for example). If psych can't be saved then I'll see if I can get into a field of neuroscience or something like that. If I can't even do that then I'll become a Veeky Forums philosopher. Yeah I don't have the most concrete goals. > reasons for goal I love psych and I want to further the knowledge of the human mind by seeing if it's possible to make psychology a more definitively ruled field.
Owen Walker
> subject Computer Science
> current position Undergrad
> goal (desired position in society, academic or otherwise) some sort of data scientist making loadsa money
> reasons for goal money is nice to have, also neural networks are fuckin sick
tl;dr I'm a living meme
Zachary Bailey
Computer Science
I just graduated, taking a year to relax. Currently I work for a Civil Eng professor on retrieving structure from images.
I want to get my PhD, also take more linear algebra classes.
Just interested in continuing to learn. I've always seen myself in AI, or theory. Right now I've been thinking a lot about multi-agent systems and knowledge representation. Machine learning is interesting too I think.
