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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. 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....

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

    Oh, please, stop the hyperbole.

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

    this is going to get exponentially more funny!