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Ask Slashdot: What To Do With a Math Degree?

First time accepted submitter badmojo17 writes "After achieving her lifelong dream of becoming a public school math teacher, my wife has found the profession to be much more frustrating than she ever expected. She could deal with having a group of disrespectful criminals as students if she had competent administrators supporting her, but the sad truth is that her administration causes more problems on a daily basis than her students do. Our question is this: what other professions are open to a bright young woman with a bachelor's degree in math and a master's degree in education? Without further education, what types of positions or companies might be interested in her as an employee?"

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  1. Professional Gambler by wisnoskij · · Score: 4, Funny

    Become a professional gambler.

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    Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
  2. Vegas, Baby! by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Head to Vegas.
    2. Count Cards.
    3. Profit.

  3. Re:software dev? by Snotnose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Same here, BS in Applied Math and I do embedded software.

    I never actually use the math I learned, except when I go off on a tangent....

  4. Re:software dev? by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, please, stop the hyperbole.

  5. Re:software dev? by johnsnails · · Score: 5, Funny

    this is going to get exponentially more funny!

  6. Re:software dev? by Mitchell314 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Desist from this foolishness this secant!

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    I read TFA and all I got was this lousy cookie
  7. Re:software dev? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Making puns that bad is a sin!

  8. Re:software dev? by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will this thread keep going or was it just a tangent?

  9. Re:Time to become an entrepreneur by johnsnails · · Score: 1, Funny

    im the son of a prostitute you insensitive clod! not kidding either... BLEH well my point was more that maybe his wife is fat, ugly and awkward around people, mine is only socially awkward homeschooling byproduct.

  10. Re:software dev? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But it's integral to the thread.

  11. Re:software dev? by darenw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your bad puns have distracted my cat, who was working on Furrier transforms.

  12. Re:yes they are criminals by turkeyfish · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quick. Get on Fox News.

  13. Re:software dev? by EmotionToilet · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure we're approaching the limit.

  14. Re:Time to become an entrepreneur by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    mine is only socially awkward homeschooling byproduct.

    You posted a picture of your wife to Slashdot. Nerd feels need to show off his trophy (such as it is).

    Homeschooling explains why your wife looks like a dolt. Lesson to nerd parents: don't homeschool your children unless you want fully socialized adults to always explain their deficiencies as a product of homeschooling and/or you want them to marry Slashdot nerds.

    I find it amusing (read sad) you believe your wife is "above average". Her looks are fairly plain and she's small-chested, though her left tricep suggests she would win an arm-wrestle with women I consider "above average".