this is an "almost" Ph.D. in pure maths who's got a few reasons to look for a job in the industry.
I know that many choices are out there for a math guy: finance, consulting, industrial research, big data analysis, machine learning...
My main problem is that I have a very theoretical background, mainly in metric and geometric topology. In the last years, I've been decently active in learning a few programming languages (mainly C++ and Python) and some fundamentals in both supervised and unsupervised machine learning.
I would love to find a job in this interesting area, and I believe it is a sector which is quickly expanding, given its many applications. Research jobs in the industry would be appealing too, but I believe they would require a bigger amount of knowledge in probability and partial differential equations, which I do not know.Any job which makes use of maths in a creative and stimulating way, to solve real-world problems, would be appreciated.
Looking for job ads, I realised there's not much choice for people who have such a theoretical background as me. I would be interested in any advice regarding how to switch from a pure maths position to an applied one. Unfortunately, I can't go through more courses, as I need some financial support and I could not afford paying for an additional master or any other specific course in applied maths.
Ideally, I guess I'm looking for a company which is willing to allow its employees some period of training, before they start with the actual work.
I'm currently based in the UK, but I wouldn't mind moving to a different european country.
Thank you in advance for any recommendations you might suggest!