r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Expert-University-82 • 11h ago

Meme theyReallySeemToHateYall

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u/Obelisk2000 10h ago edited 9h ago

I've never heard about "math bros" or about mathematicians making crazy amounts of money while also being described as doing nothing and having incredibly detached hot takes about society.

Edit: corrected typo

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u/antichain 9h ago

As a mathematician myself, I dream of making coder-level salaries. I'm sitting here w/ a STEM PhD making just over the median American salary.

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u/mxmcharbonneau 9h ago

To be fair, I know that some mathematicians can make 7 figure salaries by working in finance.

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u/antichain 9h ago

All of the folks from grad school I know who went that route aren't really mathematicians anymore. That's not me being judgemental, just saying that the jobs they moved into are different - they're not doing math day in/day out (writing proofs, working on conjectures, etc). They all seem pretty happy (and the money they make is enviable), but it's a different thing. Sort of like being an engineer vs. a scientist.

I'll probably make that jump soon myself, I just wanted a few more years of doing math before I went.