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I use every mathematics and physics course I took until part way into my undergraduate studies on a daily basis. I think this highlights an issue I have with t

by kd0amg 15y ago

I use every mathematics and physics course I took until part way into my undergraduate studies on a daily basis. I think this highlights an issue I have with the meme that with a major in math, you can do anything. What you can do with a math degree still depends on what you learn aside from pure math (essentially domain knowledge), be it in elective coursework or on your own. "You can be a physicist"? Yes, I could if I'd studied physics more. I would strongly advise other math majors to take a minor or a second major (my other major was CS, where the math background definitely helps, and it would be nice to have even more).

mturmon 15y ago
This is an insightful comment. My first-order take had been that the lucrative jobs that the video advertises are plentiful only if the "math person" is also proficient at some type of computing. Reason is, I've known a lot of mathematically talented people who are not able to compete for these kind of jobs because they have no sense of how to compute with their abstractions. But I think your idea captures the problem with the video better than the simplistic "lack of computing expertise" does. The budding "math person" that the video targets could do quite well at, say, a biological or finance application, even without being computer-savvy, just by acquiring expertise in these areas.