What's the most difficult mathematics-based careers?

job seeker wrote:

booboomagoo wrote:

Well just because your brother is an ME and not smart, it does not logically follow all MEs aren't smart. He is one of thousands, myself included.

Thanks for proving my point.

Yeah sorry a PhD isn't up to your standards.

I really was trying to be helpful, but now that I see you don't value any input. At a minimum I would try to avoid using logical fallacies and anecdotes before you try the whole math thing. Best of luck.

[quote]academia, maybe wrote:

This isn't to say that all academics challenge themselves more than others./quote]

I would hope not, as that's not possible.

you're not gonna get into any sort of a career with the calculus and statistics you've done, because that's now taught in high school.you need to actually learn new things to get into a math-based career... it is not possible to do that without going through a university, or teaching yourself with materials produced by university professors. you could just rediscover everything on your own like ramanujan, or spend 20 years solving a problem while doing the books for a subway franchise:http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/02/pursuit-beauty

job seeker wrote:

I should be clear that I have no interest in getting a PhD or pursuing the academic route, because the trends in employment at universities. It doesn't seem positive, to say the least.

I've thought about mechanical engineering, but my brother got a mechanical engineering degree and he isn't that smart, so by comparison...