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Non-office careers with maths?

Can anybody think of a career with a maths degree that sounds really interesting, you get to travel alot, and are not stuck in an office all day? I'm starting doing a maths degree this october and am thinking of possible career options other than finance or teaching!

Reply 1

Finance doesn't just mean chained to a desk all day.

Reply 2

rottcodd

I know. I'm just thinking of possibly career ideas. So what kind of careers in finance with a maths degree can you get which are your normal office job?

Reply 3

john !!

You can always lecture if you do well and do some post grad studies. If you're really interested I guess that would be a fun job. Firstly, you get to talk about an interest all the time, well paid, and you get huge holidays (think uni term dates) :biggrin:

Reply 4

hihihihi

what about statistician/epidemiologist- dunno about travel
a bit more sciency.

Reply 5

H&E

hihihihi

what about statistician/epidemiologist- dunno about travel
a bit more sciency.

Excellent suggestion. A huge amount of scientific work today relies on statistics, and therefore they are in demand in all sorts of places, from hopsitals to habitats of wildlife of scientific interest.

Reply 6

Forensic accounting always looks fun to me, it sounds good anyway.

Reply 7

Clearing and Applications Advisor

http://www.gchq.gov.uk/recruitment/careers/math_us.html
As desk jobs go they don't get much more interesting :cool:

Reply 8

rottcodd

Pencil Queen

http://www.gchq.gov.uk/recruitment/careers/math_us.html
As desk jobs go they don't get much more interesting :cool:

that does sound really good! As does working for the British Antarctica Survey ( http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/ )...although it is quite far away ( what with it being based in antaractica and all )

Reply 9

lou p lou

Lord Huntroyde

Forensic accounting always looks fun to me, it sounds good anyway.

forensic accounting, how does that work?

lou xxx

Reply 10

lou p

forensic accounting, how does that work?

lou xxx

Investigative accounting, you have to look into company's accounts and provide evidence for prosecutors in a court case, forensic just means gathering information for court action.

But it sounds more exciting than that, doesn't it?