I am in the field of applied math, and it took me 6 months to produce a paper. And now, I am out of ideas for new papers.
What should I do? How do I even continue? This is sooo difficult…
I am in the field of applied math, and it took me 6 months to produce a paper. And now, I am out of ideas for new papers.
What should I do? How do I even continue? This is sooo difficult…
Well, I am in applied math rather than pure math.
I can go do programming, but that scene seems just as hostile now.
More seriously, applied math is great, especially if you are good at probability and aren’t too disgusted by AI. Most of AI as far as I can tell is a mix of quite old fashioned probability, linear algebra, and numerics. There’s tons of money in it. Watch some fast.ai videos and a lot of marketing BS will be demystified.
If your math is applied, is there not some field of research where it is applied?
If you’re not planning on staying in academia, you should be developing professional connections right now.
Thing is, I suck at developing connections. Also people seem to dislike me by default…
For me it was far far far easier to get a decent job in computers than academia. More importantly my computer job is far easier than teaching or doing research. It pays far more money. I have far more job security, healthcare security, geographic security, etc. I have co-workers than I know and like…
My advice would be to ditch academia and just get an entry-level computer job, but it took me far too long to take this advice myself.
(Also you’re in another country, so I don’t know how that affects any of my questionable advice.)