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How, exactly, does one make a living as a mathematician? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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First off, I have no interest in being a mathematician. Math was always and continues to be quite difficult for me.

So, as an outsider to advanced math, it blows my mind that there are people who's entire job title is mathematician. How does that work? What does a mathematician do?

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[–] 104 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Finance, there's a whole lot of arcane statistics underlying risk management.

Tech, the bleeding edge of computer science is really just applied math.

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  • [–] 40 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I thought applied math was just buying a silly amount of apples...

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    I'm pretty sure your job title isn't "Mathematician" though. You're a "risk analyst" or "quantitative analyst" or something. You're also not doing pure math, you're using somewhat advanced applied mathematical processes to model financial information. Just like how a rocket engineer isn't a physicist but may have a background in physics.

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