What type of computer science jobs can I get with a degree in math?
Code monkey
>that publisher
droppde
>>8053427
What's wrong with it?
>>8053414
Sys Admin
But fuck man, If I were good at math I wouldn't get a CS job since most employers just think CS means code monkey science. Use your math knowledge and become an actuary or something. You'd make way more money.
>>8053473
This. If you want a boring soul crushing job with a great paycheck and have math skills, actuary is the absolute best career.
>offered an actuary internship one summer
>turned it down to do research
>now am an impoverished grad student
Sometimes I think about what could have been.
>>8053414
None unless you demonstrate you can code.
>>8053549
Coding is trivial for anyone able to get a math degree
>>8053414
>What type of computer science jobs can I get with a degree in math?
Any CS job.
>>8053541
You'd be very wealthy, but very unhappy. Probably wind up turning to drugs to make your life more exciting and start dating dangerous women.
>>8053541
I'd probably kill myself if I ended up an actuary. They're number monkeys, not mathematicians.
>>8053554
*STEM degree
>>8053549
This. I'm a math major, and am taking CS classes and knowing multivariable calculus, recursive/infinite sums, matrix algebra, etc. has not made programming any easier.
I haven't taken any "real" upper level math classes yet, so maybe those help you, though, I doubt it.
>>8053778
Have you worked through Project Euler? It won't make you a great coder but the puzzles are a lot of fun if you're a math guy. You'll learn and implement some neat algorithms.
>>8053785
I have not, but I just looked it up and it looks fun. Will definitely check it out.
>but the puzzles are a lot of fun if you're a math guy
That's exactly why I'm taking CS classes. CS is an interesting, and different way of thinking of math. All the different sorts (merge, quick, and others) are pretty slick and something I would have of ever thought of implementing to sort a random set of items. Cool stuff.
>>8053414
Algorithm designers. Not the most paid job but is definitely highly respected and fully of the highest intellectuals of the field.
>>8053796
4chan's sort:
https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Sleep_sort
>>8053796
>All the different sorts (merge, quick, and others) are pretty slick and something I would have of ever thought of implementing to sort a random set of items
All the sorting algorithms studied in intro CS classes are trivial as fuck
>>8053859
>trivial as fuck
Cool.
>>8053541
>>8053473
my brother does actuary. he's passed almost all his exams and only makes probably 105k
you'd make more going the doctor route for the amount of time you have to spend taking exams. and they only offer some of them once a year so if you fail, you have to wait an entire year to retake.
>>8053414
why would anyone hire a mathematician for comp sci work?
computer scientists already take math complex enough for anything they'll need. if you want to work on microchips they already have electrical engineers who take even more math than comp sci majors. hell, even mechanical engineers arguably take more math than math majors, and they learn to apply it to real world scenarios. if they needed someone even more skilled than an undergrad they'd just hire a PhD who actually knows both.
>>8054044
>mechanical engineers arguably take more math than math majors
>this is what engineers actually believe
>>8054094
Engineers are good at taking a lot of hard things to be fair
>>8053859
>trivial as fuck
>implying simplicity doesn't correlate strongly to efficiency
>implying efficiency isn't the number one metric for judging an algorithm's worth
>>8053414
Get a PhD in math, then you can get any CS job that pays $300k starting.
>>8053732
sounds like my future anyways and I'm not even mad
>implying it is a bad thing
>>8054032
How many years of experience does he have?
I live in a socialist country and here actuaries earn like 120-150k$ on average with 10 years of experience
>>8054161
>implying that if something is relatively simple it is trivial
kys.
>>8053414
fuck getting a job, get a Ph.D and become a wizard. There is some emphasis on biological systems modelling at the moment: i.e. simuating bacterial interaction in a closed system.
My office mate is a theoretical physicist and pure maths graduate (he did an internship in one of those Grandes écoles in Paris) and he is doing just this, it is basically a shit load of mathematics and coding.
>>8056663
I'd rather make half that and actually get laid.
>>8053414
Author of that book taught my lower division calc class and has us use his book
>>8056940
Half what, you don't expect to actually get paid well after a Ph.D do you?
>>8053414
I think you can get lots of good jobs with a math degree. Many topics within computer science are dependant on a strong foundation in math.
> Neural Networks
> Machine Learning
> Optimization
> Algorithms
> Computer graphics
All of these subjects does not neccesarily delve into complicated math but any of said subjects _may_.
>>8054044
>mechanical engineers arguably take more math than math majors
lets here this argument faggot?
you never touch upper level math
since all of you fags just regurgitate equations assuming you could get through any proof heavy course is a long shot
yeah meche take a similar amount of math . . . probably about 10 fewer 300-400 math classes you fucking tool
>>8053541
what kind of maths an actuary needs?
>>8055508
Top kek
>>8057805
Studying to be an actuary here. Strong foundations in probability, statistics, and calculus are a must. I wouldn't be surprised if the amount of memorization you need for relationships would be well in the hundreds, though the theory is relatively easy. If you are planning to study actuarial science, get reference books and prepare for an exam months ahead; they do not fuck around.
>>8057801
have fun working at your nearest Wells Fargo branch with your math degree, counting up pennies and dollars on excel spreadsheets lmao
>>8055513
USA
>10 years experience
Yeah, I'd rather be a pharmacist or a doctor for that amount of time.
>>8053414
you should come out of college with numerical programming skills in matlab and a regular language c is good.
make sure you take the following
-numerical analysis
-linear programming
-pde
-statistics
-probability
-algorithms
-data structures
i work as a fixed-income matlab programmer
>>8053414
>CS jobs
>math degree (graduate level)
Do algorithms, graph theory, crypto, other research
>math degree (undergraduate)
lel what, enjoy being someone's MATLAB monkey I guess.
>>8053732
Do actuaries not realize that they can do more in life than be white collar as fuck?
Do hobbies not exist to them?
You'd think all that critical thinking that Math taught them would let them figure that out.
>>8053834
That's remarkably clever. The C code was like three lines, too.
>>8053541
Its a guild job, hence you need to know someone to get a job or be a freemason.
