What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming

Re:What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming by nmrm2 on Friday June 12, 2015 @11:30AM (#9706480)

Actuarial work and accounting are both very accessible to mathematics majors; you really just need one extra course worth of content (that you can work through yourself) to be prepared for an entry level position in those fields.

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Re:What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming by S4M on Friday June 12, 2015 @11:32AM (#9706488)

For me Actuarial work falls into "Quant" work, and accounting has nothing to do with maths.

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Re:What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming by nmrm2 on Friday June 12, 2015 @01:40PM (#9707381)

> accounting has nothing to do with maths.

Sure, but like I said, with a Mathematics degree you can self-study and get an intro-level position pretty quickly.

Otherwise, I guess you can go to grad school or become a teacher? Or, certain types of software developers get to do interesting math as well.

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Re:What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming by S4M on Friday June 12, 2015 @02:15PM (#9707610)

I am not interested in doing anything related to accounting, except for my own business.

> Or, certain types of software developers get to do interesting math as well.

Yes! But sadly, those type of positions are rarely advertised - well, you could say that Quants and Data Scientists are some kind of software developers as well, but the maths needed in other fields are kept very secret.

Now, I am not looking for a job at the moment - I graduated in 2006 and am working on my own thing now (maths related) - but I was just lamenting that people complain that more mathematicians are needed without providing concrete jobs for them.

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