Recent content by Stress2Death

As far as actual Mathematicians, I'm not sure. I am a software engineer with a Math degree. It was not tremendously hard for me to get a good job out of college but probably not as easy as it would have been with a degree in Computer Science or Accounting or something. I got a lot of...

Oh sorry, I should have been more clear. I'm talking about a PhD in Computer Science. My goal in this would be to go into academia or work at a national lab. My wife is a stay-at-home mom and my family is used to a pretty comfortable lifestyle. People I know who have recently gotten PhDs in...

I've heard of people getting PhDs while raising families and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I currently work as a software engineer and I have a wife and two kids. I don't want to throw my family into financial turmoil but I'd love to have a more intellectually...

I'm a programmer. It's hard to say if I would have been better off majoring in CS. A lot of potential employers seemed to think my math background was useless, but others seemed more interested because of my math degree. I think as a math major you'll have a more memorable resume but that can...

Yeah I got a great job doing exactly what I wanted! I think I was pretty lucky though.

yeah, I just read a book called ai techniques for game programming. Despite the title, the techniques discussed are very applicable to other types of programming. About 1/3 of the text is dedicated to artificial neural networks.

Yeah I suppose I should try diving back in. I'll look into the stuff you mentioned. Thanks.

I have an urgent need to learn to gather data using web services in java. I've picked up several books which all seem over my head. Can anyone recommend a stack of books and tell me what order to read them in? Otherwise if anyone can at least tell me what order I should tackle the necessary...

Hi Folks & thanks for responding. I think I should have been more explicit in my question though. I'm going to go back and change it. I meant for the base to be an integer. As far as me calling it a decimal... yeah that was pretty stupid.

Hi All, This might be a silly question but can anyone tell me with certainty if it is possible to convert a transcendental number into a terminating decimal by base changing? If that is possible that is insanely awesome. [edit] Sorry that was completely not what I was wondering. I meant...

OK based on the complete lack of responses I'm guessing I better start studying and taking actuarial exams fast. If you're reading this and you're an applied math major please take warning.

hmm. This guy Michael Freedman from Microsoft came to my school to talk about the significance of Topology in Quantum Computing. Regretfully I missed the lecture, so I don't have much more information than that. If you're at the 2nd best program in the UK it sounds like something like this...

Hi, I'm really freaking out. I'm going to graduate soon with a BS in Applied Math and a minor in Computer Science. I wanted to go into programming but I am discovering that most of the software companies recruiting at my school will only accept applications from Computer Science majors...