Here are your best bets:
Grad school - If you go for a PhD in math, you will get paid for it. You can think of this as a job. No school in the US will actually make you pay for the degree, you will be supported by fellowships, grants etc. Most places will give you a small amount of money on top of your scholorships. If you are single and like the college life, this is a great option and a nessesary steping stone if you want to work in academia.
The downside is you will be in school for another 5 years, be poor and still have a ton of work to do to establish yourself in academia.
NSA - seriously, if you are a US citizen and interested in pure math check out the NSA. They employ more math majors than anyone else in the world and will help you along the way to getting your masters. The pay is decent, the work sounds like something you would enjoy. The NSA will also give you the opertunity to apply your CS skills if you want.
The major downsides are that you might be doing something evil, you can't have forigen friends/family, the application process takes FOREVER. I would highly recomend applying at least a year in advance of your planned graduation date.
Consulting - Good money, these guys love math majors. Consulting firms hire people who can think quickly on their feet and are good problem solvers. The money straight out of college will be good. The major downside is that you probably wont be doing much real math, mostly number crunching and other types of problem solving. These jobs are really competitive which may or may not be a good thing for you.
Law/Med scool - These generally do not require a particular major and ensure good job prospects. The LSAT, the law school admissions test, is well designed for mathematicaly inclined people and chances are that you can get a good score and go to a good law school. Being a lawyer or doctor obviously pays well and is well respected. The major downside of course is that neither of these proffessions use much math.
As a freshly minted Math major I know all to well the feeling of being able to do nothing but teach math when you finish college. The best advice I can give you is to really feel out the job market. You might be suprised at how receptive companies are to you when they are hiring libral arts majors. When your compitition is english, history and psych majors, you will have a leg up. If you are really set on a job where you "do math" go to the NSA or grad school. Good luck!
"Digg for the headlines. Slashdot for the commentary."
Well said. I, like most others here, read Slashdot for the commentary, but digg defiantly has something going for it. It proves that user moderation of stories can make for better headlines.
The point is, people come to Slashdot for the commentary, but they ALSO come for the stories. If Slashdot had some system for modding stories up and down, it could be even better then it is now. Overall, Slashdot is a much better site then digg, but it could still learn something from it.
Like you said, its nice to see some competition.
I have to agree with parent. Fight club is the ONLY movie i have ever liked more then the book. Clockwork orange is close, but the book and movie are so different that its hard to compare.
I have to agree, from my experience, the voluntary sign in system for hikers works very well and those who want extra protection can carry devices (such as cell phones, or transmitters built for this purpose) that already exist.
At the university of michgian the IT department has it set up so every single person living in the dorm has to first install all the security patches before you can get internet access or your mail box key. Additionaly, if the worms are trying to spred from your computer they just cut you off and you have to go through a long proccess of getting internet reinitialized. (i have several friends who have had to do this)
While getting your internet cut off at the drop of a hat can be a pain, they have kept the network running perfectly since ive moved in, and thats no easy task for a school of 30k.
or is anyone else a little paranoid about putting their phone number on a list available to all the telemarketers? I wonder how well this will be enforced.
I'm surprised that all of the comments here are negative. True, attempts at this sort of thing have failed before, but just because the MPAA is supporting something doesn't mean it's a horrible idea. For one, I don't think blockbuster's lost business is much of a problem. They, much like the music industry have a business model that is being made obsolete by new technology.
Admittedly, expiring DVD's might be an attempt by the movie industry to get your money, but personally I am happy to see new technology being innovated that give you incentive to buy there movies (convenience) as opposed to the MPAA trying to make it so we are unable to use the technology we already have (P2P, DVD writing) to prop up an obsolete business model.
As someone who worked at a blockbuster, i can definatly testify to how good there relationship is with movies companies. Infact, this is the reason many small movie stores find it hard to compete. Blockbuster is owned by Viacom who also owns Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, Famous Players, United International Pictures (UIP), United Cinemas International (UCI)...etc. Dvd's are cheeper then VHS to replace, the reason they are able to charge such high prices is BECAUSE of there negotiations with movie companies!
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Grad school - If you go for a PhD in math, you will get paid for it. You can think of this as a job. No school in the US will actually make you pay for the degree, you will be supported by fellowships, grants etc. Most places will give you a small amount of money on top of your scholorships. If you are single and like the college life, this is a great option and a nessesary steping stone if you want to work in academia. The downside is you will be in school for another 5 years, be poor and still have a ton of work to do to establish yourself in academia.
NSA - seriously, if you are a US citizen and interested in pure math check out the NSA. They employ more math majors than anyone else in the world and will help you along the way to getting your masters. The pay is decent, the work sounds like something you would enjoy. The NSA will also give you the opertunity to apply your CS skills if you want. The major downsides are that you might be doing something evil, you can't have forigen friends/family, the application process takes FOREVER. I would highly recomend applying at least a year in advance of your planned graduation date.
Consulting - Good money, these guys love math majors. Consulting firms hire people who can think quickly on their feet and are good problem solvers. The money straight out of college will be good. The major downside is that you probably wont be doing much real math, mostly number crunching and other types of problem solving. These jobs are really competitive which may or may not be a good thing for you.
Law/Med scool - These generally do not require a particular major and ensure good job prospects. The LSAT, the law school admissions test, is well designed for mathematicaly inclined people and chances are that you can get a good score and go to a good law school. Being a lawyer or doctor obviously pays well and is well respected. The major downside of course is that neither of these proffessions use much math.
As a freshly minted Math major I know all to well the feeling of being able to do nothing but teach math when you finish college. The best advice I can give you is to really feel out the job market. You might be suprised at how receptive companies are to you when they are hiring libral arts majors. When your compitition is english, history and psych majors, you will have a leg up. If you are really set on a job where you "do math" go to the NSA or grad school. Good luck!
Well said. I, like most others here, read Slashdot for the commentary, but digg defiantly has something going for it. It proves that user moderation of stories can make for better headlines.
The point is, people come to Slashdot for the commentary, but they ALSO come for the stories. If Slashdot had some system for modding stories up and down, it could be even better then it is now. Overall, Slashdot is a much better site then digg, but it could still learn something from it. Like you said, its nice to see some competition.
I have to agree with parent. Fight club is the ONLY movie i have ever liked more then the book. Clockwork orange is close, but the book and movie are so different that its hard to compare.
I have to agree, from my experience, the voluntary sign in system for hikers works very well and those who want extra protection can carry devices (such as cell phones, or transmitters built for this purpose) that already exist.
Anyone else think it's funny that the parent is moded funny?
At the university of michgian the IT department has it set up so every single person living in the dorm has to first install all the security patches before you can get internet access or your mail box key. Additionaly, if the worms are trying to spred from your computer they just cut you off and you have to go through a long proccess of getting internet reinitialized. (i have several friends who have had to do this) While getting your internet cut off at the drop of a hat can be a pain, they have kept the network running perfectly since ive moved in, and thats no easy task for a school of 30k.
or is anyone else a little paranoid about putting their phone number on a list available to all the telemarketers? I wonder how well this will be enforced.
Yes, i'm glad someone else noticed the referance to my favorite book. Also notice that the company YOYODYNE mentioned in the GPL comes from this book
I'm surprised that all of the comments here are negative. True, attempts at this sort of thing have failed before, but just because the MPAA is supporting something doesn't mean it's a horrible idea. For one, I don't think blockbuster's lost business is much of a problem. They, much like the music industry have a business model that is being made obsolete by new technology. Admittedly, expiring DVD's might be an attempt by the movie industry to get your money, but personally I am happy to see new technology being innovated that give you incentive to buy there movies (convenience) as opposed to the MPAA trying to make it so we are unable to use the technology we already have (P2P, DVD writing) to prop up an obsolete business model.
As someone who worked at a blockbuster, i can definatly testify to how good there relationship is with movies companies. Infact, this is the reason many small movie stores find it hard to compete. Blockbuster is owned by Viacom who also owns Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, Famous Players, United International Pictures (UIP), United Cinemas International (UCI)...etc. Dvd's are cheeper then VHS to replace, the reason they are able to charge such high prices is BECAUSE of there negotiations with movie companies!