[Fattestmoron]

You are dead on. I am burnt out from my previous position and jumping through hoops for people who don't know what they are doing.

The science degree was useful for when I did advanced math, before the finance industry figured it would just abandon complex math in favor of statistical learning.

[xscott]

There are definitely places that value non-formulaic advanced math. I spent most of the last 20 years (before retiring) doing signal processing, and some of it was very research oriented (no standard answers).

Don't get me wrong, I burned out for other reasons, but if you're looking for a job writing math oriented software, they are out there. Maybe consider finding a new area. Maybe take a break first though :-)

[omginternets]

There are jobs that are not like this.

I’m very happy with my current employer. They’re hiring. Want an intro?

[Fattestmoron]

Sure, thanks, I'd appreciate it, or at least it would be interesting to see what is being done in that area.

[omginternets]

Can you give me your email address (or Matrix, if you have it)? I’ll shoot you a message and we can have a quick chat about it. Plus, it seems like you could use a bit of good conversation :)