Majors you take seriously

mathboy98
Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:53:19 +0000

I feel like in the sciences its easier to find people who are not in it just because they love it.



So again, seldom does one need an advanced math or physics credential to do good jobs. Math majors can get good jobs if they’re open to different things just because they’re considered intelligent, but to use large degrees of advanced math in one’s work, as I posted above, isn’t exactly a common thing. Not to mention, doing real-scale research mathematics isn’t a career most have a chance to make it in.

In short: someone with the intelligence to do a math or physics major certainly could’ve taken it easy and done something that’d get them to an equally lucrative career. Some of them, however, choose the hard path because they enjoy the material, and many even don’t pursue very lucrative career paths.