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

    But it's integral to the thread.

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

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

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

    Quick. Get on Fox News.

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

    I'm sure we're approaching the limit.