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Career Choice and Math

Career Choice and Math. Can you make a living playing video games?. Highest paid gamers: 1. Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $454,544.98 From 35 Tournaments 2. Lee "Flash" Young Ho - $437,114.53 From 40 Tournaments 3. Jung " Mvp " Jong Hyun - $377,116.37 From 42 Tournaments.

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Career Choice and Math

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  1. Career Choice and Math

  2. Can you make a living playing video games? Highest paid gamers: 1. Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $454,544.98 From 35 Tournaments 2. Lee "Flash" Young Ho - $437,114.53 From 40 Tournaments 3. Jung "Mvp" Jong Hyun - $377,116.37 From 42 Tournaments

  3. Should you make a living playing video games? • Number of Dota 2 players: 7.86 million (according to IGN) • However, there are only 109 professional Dota 2 players (according to Liquidpedia) • Your chance of going pro as gamer is 0.001%, or 1 out of 100000 • It’s impossible to find a “pro-gamer” job posting

  4. Most searched job terms in February 2014

  5. What do these jobs have in common? • They all require a high level of competency in mathematics • Discuss at your table: why is math knowledge so high in demand? Why aren’t non-math jobs like gaming more common?

  6. Why are we talking about jobs in a math class? • Basically, if you don’t learn math, you won’t find an in-demand, high-paying job.

  7. Does money make you happy?

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