Can maths make you rich?

Reply 20

slapyoself

To be brutally honest....no

Reply 21

ChoYunEL

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Counting Cards? Although that isn't legal in most casinos..

Reply 22

user settings

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Original post by dominicjohnson

Yeah i guess, i don't mean predict the entire lottery, just see which numbers are more likely to come up. I realise its TOTALLY random, but you can have fun with it anyway :L What i'm really doing is writing an essay on it for our maths teacher who wants everyone to do it, and I mention the lottery then destroy my argument saying it's farfetched and unlikely.

That's called probability - basic GCSE Maths lol.

Reply 23

matt608

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money x money = more money

Reply 24

S1L3NTPR3Y

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Stockbroker, investment banker (trading floor), accountant (at a top firm PWC, KPMG, etc) and maths teacher are all highly paid professions in general, ok maybe not the last one.

Reply 25

Arianto

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Original post by LiberiFatali

Maths A-Level> Economics degree> IB job > bonus> profit?

Rather appropriately to the thread subject, I read that as "Maths is better than an Economics degree which is better than an IB job which is better than a bonus which is better than profit."

Or you could alternatively read it as "which is bigger than" I suppose...

Reply 26

Tench

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Yes and no

No: While very interesting and essential to understanding and developing every science known today (thats right, even Biology), A maths Degree graduate will most likely not be paid accordingly

Yes: A stated before, Maths graduates have on average the highest paid salaries (on par with Engineering, Medicine is suprisingly not that high)
but this only suffices to those who go postgraduate

Reply 27

TobeTheHero

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OP do you mean Maths alone?

I think Maths+City Banker=££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££!

or Maths + Bank of England= ££££££££££££££!

or Maths+ Engineering= ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££!

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 28

OwenP277

Original post by Gaaabs XD

I heard that prime numbers are used for military coding (as in the really long ones), so if you can figure out what the next one is, they'll pay you off pretty well and then chop the number up into little sections for specific personel to memorize.

Or at least that's what my starry eyed maths teacher told me two years ago :P

that's not exactly what they do but close. they give you a number hundreds of digits long and you have to find the prime factors which, unlike finding the next prime number, is impossible with maths/computing (unless p = np :biggrin:

)

Reply 29

MHRed

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Original post by zxh800

A Maths degree as it's uses. Other that the chances you doing the stuff mentioned in your post are pretty damn unlikely. There's a reason those famous problems haven't been solved.

Nobody's tried them! :O
... :holmes:

Reply 30

kaosu_souzousha

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Learn some maths, get an engineering degree, patent some crazy industrial process or build another iWall like Steve Jobs ???!!! profit

Reply 31

MathematicsKiller

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Original post by Arianto

Rather appropriately to the thread subject, I read that as "Maths is better than an Economics degree which is better than an IB job which is better than a bonus which is better than profit."

Or you could alternatively read it as "which is bigger than" I suppose...

Actually, the term is "greater than".

This is a big number: 5

This is a small number: 5

Reply 32

wanderlust.xx

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Original post by slapyoself

To be brutally honest....no

If you're good at maths, there's always a place in a company for you. If you sit there like a muppet and do equations all day you'll probably get fired. If you start working, talking to people, having fun and moving up the ladder, your salary and experience level in business will increase, too.

Analytical ability > business acumen. One can be learnt, the other cant.

Analytical ability + business acumen = win.

In conclusion: No, you're wrong. It can make you pretty well off, but you've got to like what you do and have the drive to do it.

Reply 33

slapyoself

Original post by wanderlust.xx

If you're good at maths, there's always a place in a company for you. If you sit there like a muppet and do equations all day you'll probably get fired. If you start working, talking to people, having fun and moving up the ladder, your salary and experience level in business will increase, too.

Analytical ability > business acumen. One can be learnt, the other cant.

Analytical ability + business acumen = win.

In conclusion: No, you're wrong. It can make you pretty well off, but you've got to like what you do and have the drive to do it.

I think you need to learn what "rich" means.

Reply 34

wanderlust.xx

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Original post by slapyoself

I think you need to learn what "rich" means.

I think you need to learn what "anything is possible" means.

The degree itself won't get you rich. It's about what you learnt, how you apply it, and how fast you can progress. Like any other degree (more so with economics, physics, chemistry and engineering) a maths degree can get you into a good company where you have a chance to flourish.

Reply 35

PrinceyJ

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Maths itself might not make you rich, but it's valued by universities (assuming you aren't doing psychology or something) as one of the best things out there. It leads on to many different things such as Engineering, Economics, Architecture and there's an element of maths in all the sciences so this can't be forgotten either.

ps. can't believe nobody has said maths teacher.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 36

slapyoself

Original post by wanderlust.xx

I think you need to learn what "anything is possible" means.

The degree itself won't get you rich. It's about what you learnt, how you apply it, and how fast you can progress. Like any other degree (more so with economics, physics, chemistry and engineering) a maths degree can get you into a good company where you have a chance to flourish.