Posted on 04/16/2014 6:55:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
For a new study ranking the best jobs of 2014, jobs website CareerCast.com did some number-crunching and found perhaps not surprisingly that crunching numbers is a pretty good gig.
With a median income of $101,360 and a 23% projected job growth rate by 2022, mathematician topped the site’s roundup of the most desirable jobs. CareerCast points to the “exponentially growing popularity of mathematics” in everything from healthcare and technology to sports and politics.
Mathematicians are employed in every sector of the economy… from Wall Street brokerages to energy exploration companies to IT R&D labs to university classrooms, CareerCast publisher Tony Lee tells BusinessInsider.
Companies and government agencies rely more heavily on analytics to make all sorts of decisions today, so employers need people who can generate and parse this data, CareerCast says in its overview. “Mathematical analyses of trends are used to gauge many activities, ranging from internet-user tendencies to airport traffic control.”
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Well, I can tell you what job it isn’t. If, when you unwrap your new rectal thermometer, you see a tag that says “tested by number 37”, that was me.
I will now prove that 1/3 + 2/3 does not equal 1.
1/3 = .333 to infinity
2/3 = .666 to infinity
.333 to infinity + .666 to infinity = .999 to infinity
.999 to infinity is not 1 QED
;-p
“.999 to infinity is not 1 QED”
calculus fail on that one, I believe.
oh sure use integration... ;) I was just going the arithematic route.
I remember the constipated mathematician that worked it out with a pencil.
“oh sure use integration... ;) I was just going the arithematic route.”
Well, I was being series (and hugh).
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