My grad school paid my tuition in exchange for me holding some homework help sessions, helping to grade exams, and the like I had enough left over for room & board, and paying off my undergrad student loan.
Of course, I majored in math.
Unfortunately, I majored in theoretical math, so I share Adam’s problem of not being able to find a job where my degree is relevant.
Although theoretical math is driven by the intrinsic beauty of logic rather than immediate utility, it has historically laid the necessary groundwork for modern technology. For example, Riemannian geometry, developed purely abstractly in the 19th century, later became the mathematical language Albert Einstein used for his General Theory of Relativity. But you already knew this.
Anyone who thinks that he has mastered philosophy is a fool…
My grad school paid my tuition in exchange for me holding some homework help sessions, helping to grade exams, and the like I had enough left over for room & board, and paying off my undergrad student loan.
Of course, I majored in math.
Unfortunately, I majored in theoretical math, so I share Adam’s problem of not being able to find a job where my degree is relevant.
Although theoretical math is driven by the intrinsic beauty of logic rather than immediate utility, it has historically laid the necessary groundwork for modern technology. For example, Riemannian geometry, developed purely abstractly in the 19th century, later became the mathematical language Albert Einstein used for his General Theory of Relativity. But you already knew this.
But they were wrong.
But you already knew this.