Master of English or Math: Which is more important in the average white-collar job?

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english/writing. a person who writes well cannot be replaced by a little gadget that dumps out clear prose. i majored in math and economics in college, ok. right now i have a job that requires a "strong background in math," and yet i do no math! i sit here all day and blindly dump numbers into a software program, and then have the task of translating my results in clear, concise english to the fucks in management. point: i need a writerlator.

― Argmax, Thursday, 29 April 2004 08:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, the 'math' jobs pay a lot better for the most part.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 29 April 2004 08:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Either, as long as you actually spent most of your time learning computers.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 29 April 2004 08:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm good at my job till I have to work out quotes or do anything with numbers and then I just post on ILX.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 09:03 (twenty-two years ago)

There seem to be a surprising number of people here with serious expertise in both areas: Toby, Sinkah, Pete, even me, just from the London regulars.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

More important then both English and Math is the ability to deal with people.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, considering that most computers have spreadsheet thingeys and other functions which make basic maths skills (meaning arithmetic) fairly redundant on the bottom feeder office salaryman level, it would probably be English, as I've been *shocked* by some of the writing I've encountered from my supposed superiors. (There might be spellcheck, but there is no grammar or syntax check which functions properly.)

That said, higher maths education will do you better than higher English education above the level of the average salaryman (lovely phrase, so I no longer have to diss office workers) careers when it comes to salary!

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

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