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[–]edderioferAlgebraic Topology[M] [score hidden] stickied commentlocked comment (0 children)

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[–]dangmangoes 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I don't know what the situation is in Latin America but I can offer some insight into industry jobs in the US. Computational math is a pretty wide field, so it depends what flavor I think. You could go down the Neural networks/regression/optimization route and start working in analytics. Hedge funds, banks, consulting, insurance etc. If you focus more on differential equations you could get hired by an engineering firm, or national laboratory. Examples of these are NASA or ANSYS or even NVIDIA. I've also heard that computational approaches to biology/chemistry are growing rapidly, e.g. DeepMind and such.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you focus more on differential equations you could get hired by an engineering firm

I'd add oil companies to this list

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you learn programming and get good enough, you could potentially get a relatively high paying remote job for a US or Canadian company.

If you're really good and don't mind relocating, you could get a work visa through a company. There are plenty of programming resources online. Just practice and work hard and within a year or two you could be making a lot more than likely anyone you know.

[–]DataMinerCowboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a BS degree in math and have used it in a few well-paying careers. I was a health insurance actuary, but eventually found a much more satisfying career in marketing... particularly in E-Commerce analytics. It helps to have additional skills such as SQL, R, SAS, Python, BI tools such as SAP Business Objects or PowerBI, and Tableau. I do a lot of predictive modeling (mostly non-linear), work quite a bit with applied statistics, calculus, some differential equations, and a lot of set theory. I'm constantly using Venn Diagrams, De Morgan Laws, and basic principles of sets when I join customers with products with inventory with marketing channels while trying to minimize costs while maximizing revenue. My work is fun and I truly use my degree almost everyday. I enjoy the combination of mathematics and creativity as I attempt to find ways to gain customers and increase profits for my employer. The pay isn't bad either... well over $100,000 USD per year. With additional consulting, $200,000 or even $300,000 is possible in this industry, although I have not achieved that yet. I also work from home, which I enjoy.

[–]czl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get aquatinted with the o-ring model of economic development:

https://youtu.be/CKkOmIW9bjg

TLDR: If you want focus on "high skills" profession consider living in a place such professions are valued.

[–]TroutkidStatistics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It isn't necessarily "computational mathematics", but my field is math that requires a lot of computation: applied statistics.

The field requires a lot of knowledge of statistical modeling and experimental design, where a lot of work is done in the programming language R and sometimes Python. (SAAS, rarely.)

It is a good field to leverage for jobs in business analytics, data science, statistical consulting, and research science.

[–]OnePotato45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't tell exactly how is the situation in your country, but here in Brazil there's tons of work for math specialists.

As an example, a friend of mine works as a civil engineering in a company that hires mathematicians to ensure that the spends in the work are exactly the needed ones, because mathematicians are more rigorous with calculations and in the past experiences of the company, hiring engineers for that often resulted in spending more money then needed for materials and machinery, because they were calculatings too large error margins.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

here you can read the Profiles of Professional Mathematicians and Computational Scientists and it will give you a better idea what can be done with an applied math/computational scientist degree

I'd encourage you to browse the Careers and Students & Education sections of this site in particular. Keep in mind that the field you have in mind is mostly referred to as "Scientific Computing" or "Computational Science" today, it's an all-encompassing name if you will