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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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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There are a lot of different fields of math, and some of them are more useful than others.

Applied math is generally difficult but useful for ask kinds of things from finance to weather prediction.

Pure math is often more academic/paid for by universities.

And most universities realistically pay for math professors by having science and engineering classes take math courses, and by grants for research.

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