Timeline for Is a pure math PhD worth anything in industry?
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| Jul 14, 2021 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1415370534821498888 | ||
| Jul 13, 2021 at 3:01 | review | Close votes | |||
| Jul 14, 2021 at 3:07 | |||||
| Jul 8, 2021 at 8:47 | answer | added | quarague | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 10:14 | answer | added | Simon B | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 7:19 | comment | added | BoboDarph | Buddy of mine ended up as a quant for some investment fund. Pay is top notch but you need to write code too sometimes. Had pure math degree followed by CS degree, followed by CS master and a bunch of coding experience in between. The coding was enough to get him through the door, but his math skills landed him the job. The guy is really passionate about math tho. | |
| Jul 6, 2021 at 16:04 | comment | added | Fattie | @Job_September_2020 - right, our OP should go work on Wall St. at a "quant" trading company. After a couple years, OP will make more money than Moses, and, not have to do much | |
| Jul 6, 2021 at 9:50 | comment | added | B. Ithica | There are certainly some places that value mathematical ability and PhD-level thinking. But for the majority of industry positions, a PhD on your resume will signal "overqualified and probably slightly out of touch with the real world". | |
| Jul 6, 2021 at 8:11 | answer | added | R Davies | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 6, 2021 at 2:46 | comment | added | Job_September_2020 | @Fattie, I agree with you that the "quantitative field" is opened widely to many smart Ph.D people with some basic computer programming skills. I have seen that many times. | |
| Jul 5, 2021 at 22:37 | comment | added | Fattie | if you can work in a quant, you're all set. | |
| Jul 5, 2021 at 19:39 | answer | added | Barry DeCicco | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 5, 2021 at 19:19 | answer | added | TomTom | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 5, 2021 at 19:04 | review | Close votes | |||
| Jul 6, 2021 at 4:01 | |||||
| Jul 5, 2021 at 19:00 | comment | added | Ertai87 | I feel like you answered your own question: "I cannot see why anyone involved in hiring employees would choose a job applicant with a pure math PhD and zero relevant skills/experience over a job applicant with years of relevant skills/experience or with a degree in a more relevant field". What more do you want than this? | |
| Jul 5, 2021 at 18:49 | review | First posts | |||
| Jul 6, 2021 at 8:18 | |||||
| Jul 5, 2021 at 18:37 | history | asked | user213977 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |