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Ask HN: Job opportunities using applied mathematics

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What job opportunities are there outside of academia that use applied mathematical modelling (optimisation, statistics, PDEs, designing a mathematical model for reality, etc.) on a day-to-day basis, and what kind of salaries can one expect?

I am aware of data scientist/analyst in various industries, machine learning specialist, operations research, and working on physics simulators in visual effects/computer games.

Are there any others?

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fastneutron
Anything in scientific computing and engineering software development is a good fit for applied mathematics graduates. The US national labs (DOE, NASA) are heavily involved in this field, as well as software vendors like Ansys, Siemens, etc.
floodle
Thank you very much, I'll look into that.