What is Your Major?

[Sanctus]

Last semester I was in school I was an English major. I didn't apply myself very much in math because I didn't find it interesting at all.

[Grassy_Aggron]

Last semester I was in school I was an English major. I didn't apply myself very much in math because I didn't find it interesting at all.

Math Education major here >.>' Although I intend to pursue something in English (Mom pushes me, and my English college professor was like "GREAT SCOTT GIRL DO SOMETHING WITH THIS TALENT!"). Eventually, I'll get a Masters/Doctrine in Meteorology, my long held dream.

Funkiest math teacher/writer chasing tornadoes, yes. B)

[Sanctus]

I can't explain my relationship with math. I'm sort of like, "Interesting, *rubs chin*" but at the same time, I gaze out the window at the glorious rain of sunbeams on the tiny, emerald razors and yearn for precious freedom. ;_;

English major primarily because I think it could help me later on in life. But honestly? At this point, I don't know.

Meterology sounds fantastic, though! And you may possibly be able to teach some classes in math at a college on the side, as long as you don't take on too much. If nothing else you can do online classes or soemthing to rake in a little extra.

[Grassy_Aggron]

Meterology sounds fantastic, though! And you may possibly be able to teach some classes in math at a college on the side, as long as you don't take on too much. If nothing else you can do online classes or soemthing to rake in a little extra.

Aye. I didn't want to become a math teacher, but then I started tutoring and I realized...Not only am I good at it, but I'm a hit with those I tutor and they find math more entertaining with me explaining it.

As for dead fields, sadly, that's what happened to Astronomy (which is about 2,000 jobs). Meteorology stagnated at about 10,000 jobs, with the nation no longer hiring aside from fired/retiring employees. Private industries? "Oh ya gotta know like, 2 other languages". I STRUGGLED WITH ELEMENTARY SPANISH. So yeah :/ Math first, then Meteorology.

Because, Meteorology already requires Calculus 3 and such. Which I'm going into next semester, fu fu fu fu.

[Sanctus]

Aye. I didn't want to become a math teacher, but then I started tutoring and I realized...Not only am I good at it, but I'm a hit with those I tutor and they find math more entertaining with me explaining it.

Teaching is fun! An excuse to talk about something you love for 30-90 minutes? Sure!

As for dead fields, sadly, that's what happened to Astronomy (which is about 2,000 jobs). Meteorology stagnated at about 10,000 jobs, with the nation no longer hiring aside from fired/retiring employees. Private industries? "Oh ya gotta know like, 2 other languages". I STRUGGLED WITH ELEMENTARY SPANISH. So yeah :/ Math first, then Meteorology.

Because, Meteorology already requires Calculus 3 and such. Which I'm going into next semester, fu fu fu fu.

:[ Well still. Having a degree like that can really help in other jobs where you'll need the mathz. Lots of companies need managers for instance who can wake up in the morning and do inventory without acting like a sasquatch.

[Poring]

I just graduated from high school, but I'm hoping to major in pure math and possibly computer science.

I didn't apply myself very much in math because I didn't find it interesting at all.

It's so sad that so many people think this! Math is full of interesting things. For example: the fact that you only need four colors to paint a map such that no two adjacent regions have the same color, the notion that some infinities are bigger than others, or even a simple puzzle that makes us question our probabilistic intuition. There's so much more to math than what you might experience in the classroom.

[Neptune's Disciple]

I majored in Architecture for 5 highly stressful years. I now have a Bachelor, Honours, and Masters in it and can't get a job because the industry is completely dead. Another large firm just closed down in my city a couple of weeks ago, so yeah. I'm currently working as Communications Manager for a training company which I enjoy, but my partner and I are well on our way to starting our own furniture design company, which is equally exciting and terrifying, all at the same time. Long story short kids, don't study something that doesn't have an almost guaranteed job at the end of it unless you absolutely love it and couldn't see yourself doing anything else.

[Poring]

Long story short kids, don't study something that doesn't have an almost guaranteed job at the end of it unless you absolutely love it and couldn't see yourself doing anything else.

This is honestly one of my biggest fears about studying math. It'd be amazing to be a research mathematician, but I don't know if I have the talent to succeed in academia... And from what I heard, industry jobs are hard to come by for pure math majors with no experience in other fields.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I'm currently half way through a doctorate in genetics in a developmental biology lab. I've always loved science and knew I would end up doing something related to that, but I found it really hard to pick which science to go with. I enjoyed genetics the most during undergrad so that's where I ended up! I've also started doing some teaching in undergrad lab classes and I'm really enjoying it, so that's another option as well.

[Teddiursa of the Sky]

I'm currently half way through a doctorate in genetics in a developmental biology lab. I've always loved science and knew I would end up doing something related to that, but I found it really hard to pick which science to go with. I enjoyed genetics the most during undergrad so that's where I ended up! I've also started doing some teaching in undergrad lab classes and I'm really enjoying it, so that's another option as well.

We should totally chat about that recent, crazy evolutionary hypothesis that pigs and chimpanzees can breed and eventually gave birth to humans. Ignore all of the transitional fossil evidence and the fact that chimpanzees can't even breed with humans, let alone pigs. Ridiculous, I know, but fun nonetheless.

What precisely are you studying in genetics?