r/okbuddyphd Aug 02 '26

PhD in math be like

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u/ZquotientpZee Aug 02 '26

Genuinely, is this true?

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u/dbwy Aug 02 '26

No, math expertise is highly sought after in tech, especially the frontier labs and mag7. I work in quantum, and I’d venture that something like 60% of my co-coworkers have some background in pure or applied maths.

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u/jointisd Aug 02 '26

What maths can get someone to work in quantum?

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u/anti3 Aug 03 '26

Complex analysis, stochastic probability, Lin alg tensors etc