Eh, it's not back to how it used to be. The economy is still bad, it's just getting better slowly.

Well, it's just what I hear. Certain things about the economy are back to pre-2009 levels (like the stock market, for all the good that does me), but yeah, I don't buy that everything's all hunky-dory quite yet.

@Japanese Teeth What is your job?

I work in the offices of a school run by a non-profit organization. Basically I'm a grunt with additional duties like running the school's social media page, putting newsletters together, and stuff like that.

What's your next episode Star?

Currently watching Futurama season 2 with commentary. The cast does an awesome job joking around and riffing in character which provides half an episode's worth of jokes to the episodes which makes them even more hilarious.

edited 3rd Sep '13 2:29:23 PM by DARKABOMINATION

Hello Thirk. If you could, please PM me gold dusts details again soon. I would like to get her done by the end if the week.

@Japanese Teeth I actually worked in a school library for work experience in my other high school and before you crack any Twilight Sparkle jokes I mainly just used the library as an excuse to play Sonic Adventure and Sonic Mega Collection Plus on the laptop which those games I was given on the very first day of work experience as gifts that I got to keep. True story on that.

@Dark What's the next episode of MLP for me? Well I've done The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 so I imagine the next episode will be the one where Rainbow Dash reads a book I believe. As for other things like the X-men animated series and Fullmetal Alchemist I'm pretty much taking my time with them but I will eventually watch them in due time of course.

edited 3rd Sep '13 2:58:26 PM by Starscream759

@ Starscream: I predict that you'll enjoy Read It and Weep. It's my favorite RD episode, and is highly regarded around here.

"Read It and Weep" is one of my favorite episodes, mainly because of one sentence that mirrors my (and i'm sure others') initial reaction to the show almost to the letter (you'll know which one it is when you watch it).

Starscream: The recap page has a list of all the episodes in order.

And seeing as it's a Rainbow Dash episode, I'm hyped! Eeeeee! Super hyped even.

I've been working in catering for awhile now, which is fine during the summer, but things are about to drop off to the point I'll be lucky to have one shift a week. Since I recently had to start paying back student loans I really need a new job quick.

Yeah, Read it and Weep is a good episode.

edited 3rd Sep '13 3:04:41 PM by Crowfall

Say what?

That's happened to me a few times while typing. Especially with stuff like passwords where I can type it in but I can't actually remember it.

Well what have you done? What did you find interesting?

Yeah, that's a good episode. A bit on-the-nose with the READING IS AWESOME moral, but still really good.

Waitwaitwait. You mean you aren't going to suggest that he learn programming?

edited 3rd Sep '13 3:10:50 PM by JapaneseTeeth

The job I'm going for now is basically an internship that will hopefully lead into a more permanent engineering position, provided I go back to school and take some relevant courses. So for once, my solution actually is to learn programming.

Don't tell story, he'll be unbearably smug.

Oh, I know how to program. Before I switched to mathematics, I was a computer science major hoping to break into the video game industry. I stopped trying for that after failing a data structures class. Three times in a row.

At least I'll have something good to return to after I've done my induction day over at the college. After that, I'm working on a 3 day a week schedule for the college. But yeah I'm gonna come back to an episode starring my FAVOURITE CHARACTER!

I want Hasbro to defictionalize DD so badly.

has Hasbro released a Daring Do toy set yet?

edited 3rd Sep '13 3:28:17 PM by crimsonstorm15

Well everyone should learn programming, but with mathematics, it seems like you should be able to find something already, depending on what your skills and interests are.

Edit: Here are some emails I got from my math department recently. The actuary one doesn't sound very promising, but if you like finance, you might try DE Shaw.

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There are some financial firms where technology doesn't take a back seat.

Headquartered in New York City, the D. E. Shaw group is a highly successful investment and technology development firm with an international reputation. Students with strong technical backgrounds are often drawn to our approach, which combines insights from quantitative fields, software development, and finance. We offer a stimulating work environment and colleagues from the best science and engineering programs in the world. Our team includes Putnam Fellows, International Math Olympiad medalists, patent holders, and hundreds of people passionate about CS, EE, physics, and math.

The work environment at the firm is incredibly stimulating and enriching, but surprisingly casual for the financial industry. Our culture doesn't fit the typical corporate mold: though we’re competitive people, we’re not competitive with each other; you’ll see more jeans than suits in our offices; and we value the academic environment that allows us to continually learn from our colleagues. Interested students should apply directly online: https://www.deshaw.com/recruit/jobs/OC/EB. We look forward to hearing from you, and best of luck with your studies.

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Oliver Wyman is currently recruiting for a full-time entry level actuarial consultant to start work in 2014 as well as an intern for the summer of 2014. On Thursday 9/5 we will host an information session about these opportunities. We encourage students of all levels who are interested in an actuarial career or would like to learn more about being an actuary to attend.

edited 3rd Sep '13 3:40:23 PM by storyyeller

See, that's the thing. Other than "is good at math" and "was a CS student for a few years", I'm not entirely certain what my relevant skills and interests are. Most of my "interests" tend to boil down to "being lazy". I suppose I could rekindle my old ambition of being a game designer, but that's not exactly a feasible idea right now.

All I really know is that the two most often suggested avenues of work for math majors (teaching or auditing) I have no interest in whatsoever.

There's lots of stuff you can do with math though. Industrial engineering, finance, cryptography, programming, economics, statistics, data analysis...

I wouldn't go for game dev though unless you're really dedicated to it. From what I've heard, it's not for the faint of heart, though obviously Kegisak has more experience there.

I know a guy who was a total maths wiz, but only recently found work after being on the dole for 3 years after graduating. He should of been able to get something easy if math were the key but...

I work in a supermarket, done checkouts for almost 6 years. I'm a graduate in "New Media" which I fully admit is something of a mickey mouse degree, but it did give me experience with a number of programs and things like video editing, web design and graphic design.

Annoyingly nobody in my store seems to want to trust me with any higher duties (I ask, but never get the training to enable these things) and unfortunately the one time I did get that chance...I was incredibly overworked and I couldn't handle the workload of working the main shopfloor. Voicing that concern just saw me flung back to checkouts.

I'm trying to learn python as a coding language and dabble with writing and art when I have free time, also working on losing weight. So I at least have projects to preoccupy me most of the time

No, but there is apparently going to be a Daring Do mini-figure toy◊ (using a new mold rather than being a repaint of Rainbow Dash)

You have to have done something though. What did you like about math? Are there any projects or classes you found particularly exciting?