Timeline for Job prospects after math PhD in cryptography [duplicate]
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| Oct 22, 2022 at 4:20 | comment | added | Job_September_2020 | Which country are you in ? | |
| S Oct 22, 2022 at 3:50 | history | suggested | Rodrigo de Azevedo |
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| Jan 29, 2022 at 10:16 | comment | added | usr1234567 | Sorry guys, but this question is not about imposter syndrome. It's a lack of knowledge what industry needs! We should reopen this question! | |
| Jan 28, 2022 at 17:04 | history | closed |
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Duplicate of How to effectively deal with Imposter Syndrome and feelings of inadequacy: "I've somehow convinced everyone that I'm actually good at this" | |
| Jan 28, 2022 at 16:41 | history | protected | Bryan Krause♦ | ||
| Jan 28, 2022 at 16:32 | answer | added | b degnan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 28, 2022 at 1:23 | comment | added | Job_September_2020 | Lots of people get great software developer jobs after they complete their PhD's that are not related to the programming jobs. For example, I know many PhD's in Electrical Engineering and Physics end up working as software developers in the financial industry, and they love it or at least make lots of money. So, you should be patient and look for jobs that many not even have any thing to do your PhD's, and you will do just fine. Best of luck. | |
| Jan 27, 2022 at 23:57 | answer | added | Mariah | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 27, 2022 at 22:44 | answer | added | phdinmaths | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 27, 2022 at 19:11 | comment | added | Dragonel | Note that according to the Washington Post (washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/20/…) , only 27% of college grads had a job that matched their degree. Don't limit yourself by your specialization but apply for jobs you want and work out how to make what you learnt sound relevant in the interview. | |
| Jan 27, 2022 at 18:53 | comment | added | Tom | Not sure what advice you are looking for, or if you are just fishing for a pep talk. You have the PhD or about to have it. You can apply to postdocs with the hope of getting one, or not apply to any if you think they aren't right for you. | |
| Jan 27, 2022 at 18:15 | comment | added | Crazymoomin | You'd be surprised what people get up to in their Postdoc careers. My lab has a PDRA doing work on medical devices, her PhD was about studying bats! | |
| Jan 27, 2022 at 16:53 | answer | added | Flydog57 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 27, 2022 at 0:05 | answer | added | Anon | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 20:16 | comment | added | Sidharth Ghoshal | You could explore blockchain engineering and the general cryptocurrency space? You have a massive advantage over other developers by being able to understand whats going on at the mathematical level, moreover the industry is red hot. I personally know a couple of a people in this space that have made an enormous amount of money (via salary not even speculation/investment). This would leverag your cryptography specialization heavily and make your PhD "worth it" more so than if you had done any other subject. But doing the crypto PhD shouldn't preclude other paths | |
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| Jan 26, 2022 at 18:01 | answer | added | quarague | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1486398558987337729 | ||
| Jan 26, 2022 at 16:42 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | I hold a Ph.D. in math and got my current job based on the knowledge of statistics I developed in my spare time. And we recently hired a junior colleague, a physics Ph.D., for a data science role - she had pretty much zero knowledge of data science. If something like data science is your thing, then start applying for such roles, and in parallel, take a look at textbooks or websites on "Data Science in Python" or similar. Employers understand that pure math Ph.D.s can learn stuff like this quickly. | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 16:22 | comment | added | Alexander Woo | Is retaining the right to legally live in the US - and hence getting a job that can and will sponsor a visa - one of your concerns? If so, (1) I apologize for our unjust immigration laws, and (2) please mention it in your question because it is relevant. | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 15:51 | answer | added | ghellquist | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 15:02 | history | edited | usr1234567 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 26, 2022 at 14:30 | answer | added | Justen Watkins | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 13:52 | answer | added | usr1234567 | timeline score: 25 | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 13:52 | answer | added | Oliver Houston | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 13:23 | comment | added | Kimball | Even if your advisor didn't have other students while you were there, presumably there were other pure math students in your department that needed to get jobs, yes? (In general, yes a lot of academic positions are aimed at "applied" math nowadays, but pure math graduates still find jobs.) | |
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| Jan 26, 2022 at 6:49 | comment | added | user9482 | I suggest you ask your advisor about his other graduates. | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 6:06 | comment | added | Green Tea Lover | I only know one former student of my advisor but that student is a US citizen and now a faculty member of our university. I compared to CS majors because when I do a job search, the impression is companies are looking for CS/IT majors who have a strong programming background and of course, I easily lose out on that part. On the flip side, I am confident about my problem solving skills and I am confident that I can easily learn any programming language but the problem is employers are looking for experienced applicants than those who only have potential. | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 5:53 | comment | added | user9482 | I don't understand why you immediately compare yourself to CS majors. More theoretical maths is valuable in a number of industries, starting with insurance, banking and logistics and certainly not ending there. Where are former students of your advisor working? | |
| Jan 26, 2022 at 4:59 | answer | added | Allure | timeline score: 26 | |
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| S Jan 26, 2022 at 4:28 | history | asked | Green Tea Lover | CC BY-SA 4.0 |