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I hope to have my Ph.D. in math by the end of the summer. My dissertation is in mathematical physics. But I feel woefully under-qualified for academic positions - I've made excellent grades in all my math classes, but I don't really think I love math as much as some of the people I tend to meet at conferences, and working on my dissertation is (quite frankly) a real drag; not just because I don't particularly find the subject very interesting, but mainly because I just don't think I'm very good at it. So I'm considering other options - namely, industry positions - but my computer skills aren't that great, and I don't think I could ever be competitive as an applicant to work in finance (unless I improved my computer skills).
Soooo...how about taking some actuary exams? That's something I think I could do pretty well at, pretty quickly. But is it weird to be someone with a math Ph.D. who's taking actuary exams? I was always of the understanding that mostly master's-in-math people did stuff like that. Am I going to have a hard time finding a job because I'm "overqualified?" (Note: I don't for a second believe I actually *am* overqualified, but my resume might get shredded if this is the standard way math Ph.D.s are viewed in the actuarial field.)
Soooo...how about taking some actuary exams? That's something I think I could do pretty well at, pretty quickly. But is it weird to be someone with a math Ph.D. who's taking actuary exams? I was always of the understanding that mostly master's-in-math people did stuff like that. Am I going to have a hard time finding a job because I'm "overqualified?" (Note: I don't for a second believe I actually *am* overqualified, but my resume might get shredded if this is the standard way math Ph.D.s are viewed in the actuarial field.)