What's the difference between a phd mathematician and a large pizza?

The pizza can feed a family of four.

I have a math degree. I am far from independently wealthy. There are plenty of math-related jobs out there if you’re willing to stoop from the lofty perches of pure math. Statistics, data science, risk management, actuarial science, finance, accounting, operations research, optimization, computational mathematics, machine learning/AI.

The list goes on and on and on. Many of these jobs might be quite boring for someone who just wants to work on difficult proofs all day but they’re generally a lot better pay than any academic job below the tenure track (and way better pay than Starbucks).

Life is a lot tougher if you’re into physics or chemistry or biology. There you really do need a PhD to do anything and the research positions are extremely competitive to get.

I worked with a guy who had a doctorate in mathematics... He wrote documentation for the software the company produced.

My step mom has a master's in math. She is also dumb as they come. She of course wss a math teacher at a private school. I tnimk its only thing you can do with such a degree. I should of stayed in college and got my English degree. Nor to teach just because I love it. But fuck student loans and how expensive higher education is to pursue.

Study time travel. Come back younger

Second step is be independently wealthy

Stop calling me out

wizard