Math PhD

Only you are equipped to make that sort of economic decision, you know more about your life and what you want more than anyone else does. That's why we live in a free market, not a command economy.

Get a PhD in stochastic calculus or some finance related field, then you can become a quant and literally earn 300k

>>8791624
Yes and no, being a mathematicians is becoming a math researcher.

>>8791633
I'm finishing an undergraduate degree in applied mathematics in May. Thus far my role in student research teams always leads me to be the algorithm and arithmetic checker. The engineering majors and science majors tend to be the ones that do the interesting work. I'm curious to know if that's also what someone with a mathematics doctorate does as well.

>>8791625
From what I've researched and asked on math forums it seems that a PhD does not seem to be an economically viable option for those looking to maximize their ROI. There are university professors teaching in Ivy League schools making $200,000 a year, but these are severe savants that rank high on being neuro-diverse on aspi tests. Basically, they're difficult positions to get into.

>>8791655
I'm no math PhD but /adv/isor.

Being a math PhD and becoming a mathematician is just to do post-graduate research, so you're only sitting there thinking what new thing you could create and teach at the undergrad level.

Nothing is getting applied in the real world, unless you're working on something like mathematical physics maybe.

Also you're an AppMathfag, you'll be fine with just the MSc.
There exists AppMath PhD but it's not worth it.

You always gotta think what you will do with your major though, you can't study appmath just for the sake of it, but I'm sure you already know what you want to do.

>>8791694
Pretty much this

>>8791624
Do you have very clear sight on what you want to research? If not, don't even consider it.

>>8791624
only at harvard mit princeton stanford chicago berkeley otherwise no

A PhD in Combinatorics seems to be worth it since you can apply it to Computer Science problems.

>>8792729
this is such a ridiculous post, I even recognize exactly who you are.