{"id":5281,"date":"2018-12-06T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2018-12-07T09:59:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:59:42","slug":"what-if-i-cant-become-a-mathematician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/06\/what-if-i-cant-become-a-mathematician\/","title":{"rendered":"What if I can&#8217;t become a mathematician"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5269\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5269\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-7-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"What if I can't become a mathematician\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-7-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-7.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What if I can&#8217;t become a mathematician<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That would be sad, if it&#8217;s what your heart is set upon. On the other hand, having a math background will stand you in good stead in anything else you pursue. I recommend the MAA Career Resources Center (bit.ly\/MathishCareers) and this site from UC\/Irvine (bit.ly\/MoreMathCareers). We also have 101 careers in mathematics (O&#8217;Neill Stacks QA10.5 .A15 2014). And consider a consultation with the BC Career Center (bit.ly\/BC-career). Best of luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That would be sad, if it&#8217;s what your heart is set upon. On the other hand, having a math background will stand you in good stead in anything else you pursue. I recommend the MAA Career Resources Center (bit.ly\/MathishCareers) and this site from UC\/Irvine (bit.ly\/MoreMathCareers). We also have 101 careers in mathematics (O&#8217;Neill Stacks QA10.5 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/06\/what-if-i-cant-become-a-mathematician\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What if I can&#8217;t become a mathematician&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[155,99],"class_list":["post-5281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-career","tag-math","tag-mathematics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}