How has math helped you in your career (#mathcareer)

How has math helped you in your career?
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As a practicing neuroscientist, I find myself using math constantly.
Indeed, mathematics is indispensable for all research. This is because,
our intuitions often fall short and only by thinking things through
quantitatively (for example, using statistical reasoning) can one arrive at
the truth of any given situation. Math is really not optional – it is a
fundamental building block of rational thought
Dr. Venkatesh Murthy
Neuroscientist
Harvard University.

Math has definitely helped me in my career. I work as a consultant in
developing selection processes - to hire the right people for jobs. My
goal is to create tests that will identify who (out of many people) have
the skills and abilities to become the best police officers or firefighters.
By using math, I can verify, or prove, that the tests we create are
actually working! That's the power of math!
Amy B. Emerson
Project Director
Institute for Public Safety Personnel, Inc.

The fundamentals of math are universal. Math is a language that is
common to everyone around the global. It is the underlying foundation
to business and everyday living. When starting a business and creating
a business plan, developing the ‘numbers’ is the first step and then
becomes the measuring tool every step of the way.
Mathematic thinking is applied in every facet of life that involves
decision making, sales, investing, saving, calculating risk and more.
From shopping at the store, to figuring your budget, negotiating your
salary or selling or starting a business, math plays an integral role
throughout all of these activities.
David K
GM, GHX Europe

Math has been critical in my business success of starting and selling
several businesses. Math played a critical role throughout the lifecycle
of each of these businesses. Math is fundamental to establishing a
budget, determining pricing and profitability, negotiating salaries and
commissions, determining where to invest and how to value the
business. My businesses have been in manufacturing, mortgages and
software. Every employee in each of these businesses relied on math
fundamentals every day. Factory workers use math to calculate run
times and quality measurements, software engineers use math
throughout every step of the programming process and people in the
mortgage business use math to calculate home values, pricing and
payments
David K
GM, GHX Europe

Math is the foundation for business and has helped me start and build
a software company with over 1,000 employees
Scott
Chairman & CEO
ExactTarget

The fundamental strength that I have derived from being a student
(and fan) of Mathematics is the inculcation of the habit of thinking
logically. This habit of analyzing every issue and situation logically
with a view to finding a solution has helped me do my job effectively in
the three decades of my working life. In Mathematics, there is a
solution (sometimes more than one!) to every problem and the
strength derived from learning Mathematics helps one persevere
towards a solution against all odds
Raghu
SVP - Operations
Reflexis, Inc

In short I can just say ' teaching, learning and using math has made
my life meaningful and joyous'
Prasanthi
20+ years of teaching math!

Math has helped me in building strong analytical and logical skills, and
has enabled me to think beyond the problem or troubleshoot
situations in many different ways. Math has expanded my horizon and
given me an opportunity to enlighten the minds of children. Today, I
am earning a decent living, thanks to Math.
Pallavi
15+ years of teaching math
and developing math content

My grandfather used to engage me and other neighboring kids by
asking us to add the dates in different months of the calendar both
horizontally and vertically within a few minutes. This type of mind-
exercise really made me fall in love with math -- both as a student and
later on as a math teacher.
Those interactions with math problems has enabled me to pursue a
teaching and tutoring career in math spanning nearly three decades. I
cherish the continuing experience.
Meena
20+ years of teaching math
and developing math content

Math has been my favorite subject all through my school days and
college. Math has taught me how to analyze and understand things
before I begin to solve problems of any nature. Math has also taught
me that there could be more than one solution for a given problem.
Gayathri
Software Engineer
travelocity.com

One of the best decisions I ever made was to take extra math classes
when I was in college. Understanding math concepts and performing
important mathematical calculations have made my life easier and my
career more successful. I would not be where I am today without my
math skills.
Steve Ehrlich
President
PolicyStat, LLC

Math plays a critical part in my life on a daily basis. Without a solid
fundamental understanding of math concepts/philosophies I would not
have achieved the success I have today in my career and personal life.
If you think about it, most decisions boil down to a math problem.
Organize and execute around math principles and my hunch is you’ll
be successful in life.
Brian Morris
CFO
St. V Medical Group

Math has helped me by giving me the ability to calculate pricing,
margins, costs, and timing for new products, goods and services in
the business world. Math has helped me understand relationships
between the cost of manufacturing a good/delivering a service and the
profit in selling a good/service. Math has truly given me the ability to
"make a living”.
Mark Long
Faculty/Consultant/
Business Advisor

I am a director of software development and my team creates medical
laboratory software. Our software helps doctors get lab results for
their patients very quickly, so they can help treat them. I use math to
determine when lab results are abnormal or critical, so the doctor can
be notified immediately that something is wrong. We create charts of
patients’ lab results so we can see which results are improving and
which are getting worse, which is especially helpful for cancer patients
to track which treatments are most helpful. It’s so energizing and
inspiring to be able to make a difference in someone’s life simply by
helping their doctor make the right decisions.
Debbie Schilling
Director, Software
Development

I've used math to help analyze phone call volumes for a customer
support department. I tracked the amount of time people spent at
each point in the call as they pressed different numbers for different
actions, in order to determine what was taking the longest and when
we needed to have more people answering phones. The goal was to
make sure everyone was being helped as quickly as possible. I also
use math on a daily basis to run my software business, including
budgeting and time estimating.
Tom Bundy
Co-Founder
Gale Force Software

Understanding basic math has been extremely important in my career.
It has helped me in the sales process to quickly calculate investment
figures for our clients and also help them quickly understand
outcomes from our work. It's important to be able to calculate those
things in the moment to take advantage of the time of the client to get
a commitment faster.
It has also been important in negotiations and has been a key to
growing our business profitably.
Jenny V
Co-Founder
LeadJen.com

Being an extrovert and drawn to the field of marketing and sales, many
people questioned my desire to achieve an MBA in Finance- numbers!
Why in the world does an extroverted sales person need to understand
math? It is critical to structuring deals, ensuring marketing campaigns
have a strong return on investment, and creating a foundation for
statistical analysis to ensure we are investing in the right products and
services for the organization. Math, and truly understanding numbers,
provides the foundation to build, manage, and grow large parts of an
organization and an entire corporation. Without the understanding of
the numbers, one can never expect to achieve profitability and
success.
LeAnne H
VP of Sales/CMO
Ontario Systems

I have worked as a manager in various companies and I have always
been so happy that I have my basic math skills. In a meeting or
negotiation, I often need to process lots of information very quickly
and make a decision. If I can do the simple math in my head (and
quicker than the other people in the meeting) I am able to make the
best decisions.
Mark B
VP of Client Success
www.policystat.com

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