Careers using Maths

[Berries]

Ok, background. My careers advice at school was non-existant. Parents left school at 15 & so didn't really know about a lot of the different career opportunities. Although I ended up in a job I do enjoy, I do feel there were a lot of other things out there that I would have liked to have done if I had been more aware of the options.
So, dd2 is talking tonight and wants to know what career she can have which will use a lot of maths and I come up with.....

ACCOUNTANT

I'm just as bad as all those careers officers aren't I? Anyway, I'm sure you lot can come up with lots of careers which use a lot of maths and don't require any ability to spell write essays. Then my dd wont look back in years to come & wonder why mum was such a numbskull.

BTW she's only 9 (y5) but obviously believes in forward planning

Sorry, but accountancy does require the ability to spell and write - sometimes write a lot.

This is a thread from 2007, just in case people are wondering whether the OP is still reading!

My degree is actually in Aerospace engineering, but I work as an Actuary and get paid multiples of what my engineer friends get paid.

I guess if maths is not your thing then it may appear to be a boring job, but I love it, and it would probably suit your mathsy DD too, I never do the same thing twice, it is a constant challenge and keeps me interested.

It is such a bore spending all my hard earned wages though.... NOT!

Engineering - of the consultant variety - comes in a multitude of guises. Here is a nice intro:
www.independent.co.uk/student/magazines/forward-planning-a-closer-look-at-the-role-of-the-design-engineer-760047.html

FINANCE.

lol @ Tribpot. I loathe zombie threads!!!!

I think the poster who resurrected it this morning had a particular agenda (given the number of posts deleted for this username today) and then everyone else answered in good faith - and indeed the thread will undoubtedly prove useful in the future. Berries hasn't posted since March of this year but may yet see it!