Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician)
by qsort on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:00PM
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At least from my point of view (in the industry, not academia) this is actually the opposite. Math graduates tend to be smart and humble and I respect them a lot. Sometimes it almost feels like math and physics are the last "real" degrees left.
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Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician)
by monkeyelite on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:06PM
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Yes, and those are the ones who didn’t make it to researcher.
Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician)
by Ivan92 on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:39PM
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Who's to say that you can't go into industry and not be a researcher? You don't have to stay in academia to do research. Many companies and industries tend to publish papers and some even work with universities for research.
Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician)
by monkeyelite on Friday September 12, 2025 @05:08PM
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No I’m saying the top tier mathematicians tend to work in academia because that’s where the most math is done (general trend with exceptions).
Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician)
by Ivan92 on Friday September 12, 2025 @05:33PM
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I think that is a fair statement to make. Thanks for clarifying :)
Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician)
by zamadatix on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:50PM
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I don't think that's what GP was saying, but I could be wrong.
Re:How to Become a Pure Mathematician (Or Statistician)
by BeetleB on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:49PM
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Similar - I found math majors to be fairly humble. Yes, there's always the exception, but I found them to be fairly fun folks.
Physics majors, in my experience, had a significantly higher arrogance level.