When I majored in applied mathematics, I planned to use that math in a science or engineering field. I never imagined that I'd use it to determine how many terrorists we'd need to kill, or that someone would use it to prove that vampires don't exist.
Math is good stuff.
link to a great article about the future of careers in math:
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