{"id":202,"date":"2009-02-09T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T04:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2d823b65bb.nxcli.io\/2009\/02\/the-joy-of-mathematics.html"},"modified":"2009-12-27T20:55:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T01:55:08","slug":"joy-of-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robweir.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/joy-of-mathematics.html","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal recently had an article on the best and worst jobs<\/a> in the U.S., based on a mix of criteria including pay, stress level, work environment and employment outlook.<\/p>\n

Any guesses for the best jobs?<\/p>\n

The top 5 are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Mathematician<\/li>\n
  2. Actuary<\/li>\n
  3. Statistician<\/li>\n
  4. Biologist<\/li>\n
  5. Software Engineer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The top three places reminds me of a line in an old episode of The Simpson’s where a space shuttle crew is described as consisting of “a statistician, a mathematician, and another kind of statistician.”<\/p>\n

    Interestingly, “Philosopher” came in very high on the list. I would have expected it to have a low stress level, no demands from the boss, “I need some epistemology ASAP and a first draft of aesthetics on my desk by the end of the week, or else the Miller account will take their business to the non-Western philosophy firm!” But I didn’t know the pay was good.<\/p>\n

    The worst jobs, of the 200 surveyed? Lumberjack, followed by Dairy farmer and Taxi Driver. I don’t know any lumberjacks, but my uncle is a dairy farmer in Wisconsin, and he seems happy and peaceful in his work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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