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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:34 PM Original message |
Mathematics is no longer a marketable degree? |
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CarmanK (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. that's because math is an exact science and business hates truth! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wonder what the MA was in -- could have been Theater. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. I got my BA in math in 1965, and it wasn't a marketable degree then |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It really also depends on the type of math |
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LonePirate (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I have a B. S. in Mathematics and IT work has kept me employed since graduating in the mid 90s |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I remember the way out stuff my math roommate was |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Calculus and differential equations were the most enjoyable part of |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Depends on the year - I graduated with Math/Econ in 1972 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. My uncle took an engineering degree instead of math. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. What a poorly written article |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I thin the approach to flush out the garbage institutions |
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3waygeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. I majored in math back in the 80s |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. there aren't jobs for pure mathematicians, but there are for statisticians, accountants, actuaries |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. The gangsters running the country abhor intelligence .... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. I can't think of many jobs a Math/Theatre grad could get... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. That's a rather odd combination of major and minor |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Our leaders in the USA are not interested in making this country better.... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. He should have known that, to get a job in theater, you don't have to... |
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