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I graduated with a BSc in Mathematics in 2008, and didn't exactly know what I wanted to do. I just typed the keyword "analyst" into job search engines. It worke
by lmkg 9y ago
I graduated with a BSc in Mathematics in 2008, and didn't exactly know what I wanted to do. I just typed the keyword "analyst" into job search engines. It worked pretty well! I ended up getting a job in a field that I didn't even know existed when I started (web analytics). It turns out that almost every industry has some sort of data that they can benefit from having someone analyze it, and a Math degree is a pretty good qualification for it.
Don't worry too much if you don't match the exact description of a job posting. I've actually never met all of the job requirements for any of the jobs I've been hired to. Point of fact, most people will look at a Math degree as a degree in "Very Smart" and give you the benefit of the doubt about being able to pick up any specific skills you might be missing. This is doubly-true for niche fields (like web analytics) where there aren't specialized degrees, and picking up the skills on the fly is a requirement.
I will say, almost any job that you take won't look like "doing mathematics" in the sense that you're used to from college. That pretty much doesn't exist outside of academia, with the possible exception of research labs that require an advanced degree.
- jackgolding 9y agoSnap! I'm also a mathematician who works in web analytics but I graduated high school is 2008! I agree with everything you have said but I will add that you SHOULD KNOW HOW TO CODE and NEED TO KNOW EXCEL AND SQL (this is A LOT EASIER than knowing how to code)
- cluoma 9y agoAnother Math grad here. Currently working in video game analytics. Lots of options for us it seems :)
- amorphid 9y agoI like that idea. Trying a slightly different approach, and searched on indeed.com for "mathematics" and "$50,000" (filters for jobs that are supposedly 50K USD and up per year). Jobs on the first page: - Mathematician @ Reflexion Investments - Entry Level Systems Engineer @ Boeing - Special Agent @ FBI - Quality Engineer 1 @ Northrop Grumman - Software Quality Engineer 1 @ Northrop Grumman - Junior Independent Credit Review Officer @ Bofi Federal Bank - Mathematics & Statistics Student Trainee @ US Air Force - Academic Tutor @ MathWizJohn Tutoring - Cost Analyst, Junior @ Booz Allen Hamilton - Police Recruit (Entry Level) @ City of Chula Vista, CA ...the list goes on.
- bjourne 9y agoI wouldn't say people with BSc in math are "very smart," they are in my opinion wickedly, awesomely super-smart. I have taken some math courses which contain material that math BSc:s go through during the first semester and those were much harder, by a large margin, than any other courses I have taken! But I can't imagine going through three years of that and then have to spend your time with web analytics. It must feel awfully pedestrian. The level of the math can't be anywhere close to what a BSc is capable of.
- aklemm 9y agoMeh, most of everything is pedestrian.