What should I do with my future?

Question

I'm a pretty good Math student A* almost always, and I was asked what i wanted to do with my future today. I was stumped. I had always thought of being a stockbroker but that sounds too boring and too much devotion of time, althought the rewards are brilliant.

A teacher suggested actuary. I Ugh-ed...

I either want my future to be applied maths or physics well applied physics is generally engineering right?

So, right to the cheese then, I was wondering what kind of jobs are there that are applied mathematics? I mean I want a job that I can get a good wage with aswell I mean i realise there is no way of getting £120k like a stockbroker, but I mean If something like £80k+ is possible after 5-7 years after working at the place I don't mind.

Please help me find some jobs that meet the specifications I suggested.

I'm only 14 at the moment and this is a brief plan for my future.

A levels- Math+Further Math+ Physics
Then afterward it depends on the job for my uni course.

I want a phd t

Answer 1

I was thinking you were very misinformed until I read that you are only 14 at the moment, because I've never heard of anyone getting that much money 5-7 years after graduation.

There are a lot of directions you can go in, and at this time in your life, you may not really have a good idea of what you want to do yet. Actuary is actually a very good and well-paid career, but you can also apply mathematics in a lot of other areas, building models to forecast everything from the spread of disease to the effectiveness of advertising. And if statistics interest you, there are some great careers in market research as well. Of course, there is always a demand for good math professors, so if you wanted to do that, you probably would never earn the kind of money you are talking about, but they do live reasonably well.

Answer 2

£80k PLUS after five years? Keep dreaming!

Be a bit more realistic and do something you like. When you're at university get a part time job and see how bad it is to do something you dont love all the time. And FUN jobs rarely pay 80k after five years or everyone would do them.

Answer 3

statistics