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Hello to my dearest non-existent readers, my name is Hyyde. I am the proprietor of this fine blog. Lets start with some general, nonspecific, personal information. I am a college sophomore in California even though my second year hasn't started yet. I am studying to be an engineer but I am considering a swap to pure mathematics. I don't think I will though, money is not good enough and I don't wont my enjoyment to lessen because I have to do it to keep food in my stomach. Now into more relevant topics.
I have been playing StarCraft II for about a week and a half now. It's great and I am glad you think so too (otherwise why would you be reading this one-post blog on teamliquid?) I have little real RTS experience. I played Brood War for a little while, when I was eleven, but never won a proper game and preferred the custom maps where the level of skill was not so disparate.
A year or so later I received WarCraft III for my birthday. Here I again ventured out into the standerd games because Blizzard had implemented a workable rating system. However, I never played 1v1s. They scared me. I always went in more or less knowing I was going to lose and wanted to marginalize my responsibility for it. I played a lot of team games. 4v4s most often. It took a long time to find the seven other people to play with me. I played a lot of custom games there too.
Now it's onto StarCraft II. I am a a little older and a little wiser than I was at 11. I can do some self-analysis of my play and don't get to dejected when I lose. I also realize that there are fantastic resources out there on the internet to help noobs like me. I also now find that 1v1 match ups fun. They are still so scary that my hands shake, but I enjoy them because if I win, which I occasionally do now, I won. Not my teammates, but me. It feels good but it also does not feel bad when I lose. I like playing a lot more now.
Now I am looking to improve. As of the writing of this entry I am ranked 70th in my silver league division. Not as bad is it could be but by no stretch of the imagination awe inspiring. I am not looking to be awe inspiring quite yet though. I am not sure how this blog will serve my ends but posting replays might prove fruitful later on. Even if that does not happen these posts will still be a measure of my progress. I am done now though. Thanks for reading and I hope you come back.
Best of Luck,
-=Hyde=-
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You're not gonna starve as a math major >.>
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gonna point out that some of the highest paying jobs on wall street are going to math majors, optimization and statistical modeling makes companies a lot of money and they like that, look into it.
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If you plan to get a graduate degree, mathematicians are highly prized in business and technology related fields. Super bonus points you have a mind for business or a business related degree. Engineering is more stable and you can land jobs fine right out of college, but with a grad degree in the long run, expect close to 6 figure salaries as a mathematician if you're good.
As for Starcraft, the jitters are part of what makes the experience awesome. Keep playing and you'll turn into a seasoned veteran in no time.
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I may not starve if I go into statistical modeling but I might if I go into number theory  Only readily available positions deal with cryptography in the NSA (or so I am told) and I have dual citizenship which is looked down upon when you are dealing with America's secrets. If I am terribly, horribly, wrong please let me know.
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On July 01 2011 10:05 Hyyde wrote:I may not starve if I go into statistical modeling but I might if I go into number theory
But number theory is so coooooooool!
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On July 01 2011 10:05 Hyyde wrote:I may not starve if I go into statistical modeling but I might if I go into number theory Only readily available positions deal with cryptography in the NSA (or so I am told) and I have dual citizenship which is looked down upon when you are dealing with America's secrets. If I am terribly, horribly, wrong please let me know.
If you graduate with a math major from a decent college you will be in demand for jobs even if you haven't studied statistics.
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Screw engineering and number theory, go into finance where you'll make the big bills for less work!
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On July 01 2011 09:51 kdgns wrote:
gonna point out that some of the highest paying jobs on wall street are going to math majors, optimization and statistical modeling makes companies a lot of money and they like that, look into it.
The sad thing is, most of these "mathematicians" working on Wall Street will be using little to no math they learned after second year.
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not a computer science blog, i am disappoint
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If you're a good student with a strong math background you'll never be poor unless you want to be. Not many people in the US are willing to work with math. Also finance is in fact a joke.
Good luck with the SC.
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