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I only managed to produce one paper in 6 months of research. How do I survive? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/science@lemmy.world
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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..

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[–] [S] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well, I am in applied math rather than pure math.

I can go do programming, but that scene seems just as hostile now.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago*

    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.)

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