Many if not most people do not like math. They will tell you they are “not a math person.” Perhaps you are one of these people. You took exactly as much math in school as they made you, and not ε more!
The problem with being “not a math person” is that math people enjoy a significant earnings premium over non-math people. Take a look at this list of the highest earning degrees (source):
- Petroleum Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Actuarial Science
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Electronics & Communications Engineering
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Computer Science & Mathematics
- Physics & Mathematics
- Electrical Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
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