Ask HN: My career is over before it started, what next?

3 points

6 years ago

Greetings HN, I am a math researcher and programmer who is not able to get a job or funding in my area of expertise. I was ostracized from university and given a "respect violation" because I asked a woman on a date in an email. Now I'm not able to find any way to get funding for continuing my research and career.

My current plan is to just keep learning and working on my math research and software frameworks, but I have no idea how to actually move my career forward.

Github: https://github.com/chakravala

In today's society, it's impossible for a math interested person like me to make money or have a career it seems. The only thing that matters to the outside world is not having a degree, so I'm worthless to everybody who funds research or pays people for mathematical software.

My only plan is to keep working on my research independently, until I am able to find some funding or career options related to math and programming.

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