Anyone have a degree in math?

Posted: Thu, Feb 11 2010, 2:29 pm Post subject: Anyone have a degree in math?

What kind of jobs can you get with a math degree?

I've seen the lists that google turns up, I'm interested in hearing from women who have a math degree/ know people who have a math degree and have put it to use (a couple people in my family have degrees in math, but they're working in totally unrelated fields so not so helpful).

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I know someone with a degree in math that teaches high school level classes.

I have a frum friend who is getting a maths maitrise (4 yrs).

My dh tells me there was a frum female maths teacher in the local public high school. She wore a beret to work.

I think a good number of rabbanim (modern to charedi) have a maths degree, but they are men.
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My cousin has one. She works as an actuary.

It's a very sought-after degree in the financial services, hedge funds, investment banking, insurers you name it. They are mostly hired as quantitative analysts (aka "quants") who build models to price and evaluate complex financial products, or as bond traders.

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I know one, she is a consultant. She's not particularly fond of her job, though.
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IDK if this helps cuz he is a guy
but my DH has a BS in Mathematics and is an Actuary

What kind of job is actuary work or "quant" work? Is there anything normal (ie 9-5), or is it all crazy pressured jobs with long hours?

I have some relatives who are math majors.
One is an actuary.
One is a statistician.
One is a math teacher.

(2 female and 1 male)
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I do. I went to law school and to grad school in math and took actuarial exams. I worked as a corporate attorney in insurance regulation for a large insurer for several years, then switched to a senior business role in charge of a 7 state region for the company. I love it!
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Posted: Thu, Feb 11 2010, 8:26 pm Post subject:

I'm a math teacher.

Other friends of mine with math degrees went to law school, are actuaries, are in grad school (looking eventually to get a PHD and professorship,) and I know one aerospace engineer (a guy, who is actually going back now for an education degree so he can teach math.)

I can't PM the anonymous amothers so I'll post it here. My husband has been looking for an actuarial job for 2 years with no luck. Sad

If any of you know people who are actuaries, would you mind putting my husband in contact with them so that maybe they can help him out. Thank you so much!

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I always loved math and considered getting a degree in math but decided to go for engineering instead.

Engineers generally have 9-5 type jobs.

If you are really good at math, go for actuary. My dh is looking into it. Take 7 exams, very difficult ones Sad

.. And you can make as much as 200K a year.. THe hours are very good..
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