It seems that describing yourself as a mathematician or calling something you have written for a mathematical paper is becoming increasingly popular.
A math paper is something that has been published in a peer-reviewed math journal. Calling a set of notes that could have been written by a high school student for a math paper is just silly.
Three times in the last four months I have had conversations where someone calling themselves for mathematicians turned out to think that having majored in math and now doing stats, programming, or teaching calculus makes you a mathematician.
Next time I apply for a position I think I'll consider adding "chef" to my CV. After all, I have been cooking regularly for years !
A math paper is something that has been published in a peer-reviewed math journal. Calling a set of notes that could have been written by a high school student for a math paper is just silly.
Three times in the last four months I have had conversations where someone calling themselves for mathematicians turned out to think that having majored in math and now doing stats, programming, or teaching calculus makes you a mathematician.
Next time I apply for a position I think I'll consider adding "chef" to my CV. After all, I have been cooking regularly for years !