At least from my point of view (in the industry, not academia) this is actually the opposite. Math graduates tend to be smart and humble and I respect them a lot. Sometimes it almost feels like math and physics are the last "real" degrees left.

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BeetleB 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Similar - I found math majors to be fairly humble. Yes, there's always the exception, but I found them to be fairly fun folks.

Physics majors, in my experience, had a significantly higher arrogance level.

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viccis 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm talking about professors at R1 schools and Ivies to be clear.

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monkeyelite 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, and those are the ones who didn’t make it to researcher.

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Ivan92 3 days ago | parent [-]

Who's to say that you can't go into industry and not be a researcher? You don't have to stay in academia to do research. Many companies and industries tend to publish papers and some even work with universities for research.

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monkeyelite 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

No I’m saying the top tier mathematicians tend to work in academia because that’s where the most math is done (general trend with exceptions).

	▲	Ivan92 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think that is a fair statement to make. Thanks for clarifying :)

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zamadatix 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think that's what GP was saying, but I could be wrong.