Actuary v Doctor

Kadiv

Hi guys I was wondering how does employment and life compare of an actuary and that of a doc. Not sure between the 2 am applying to cao this year so don't know what do go for really but I really love math and app.math. Is it really that hard to get a job as an actuary after you graduate and does it have a bad employment perspective compared to a doc's

spurious

Actuary would involve mainly working on your own, whereas a doctor works with people, many of whom ignore the advice he/she tries to give them.

I would see them as very different jobs indeed. Hard to compare them because they are so different.

Job opportunities would be good for both, though there may be a need to move for work.
Working conditions (certainly for the first few years) much better for actuary.
Training much shorter for actuary.
Stress of the job, much worse for doctor, unless you are the sort of person thinks about what the figures an actuary actually works with mean.

djpbarry

Kadiv wrote: »

...I really love math and app.math.

So why would you want to be a doctor?

sky2424

djpbarry wrote: »

So why would you want to be a doctor?

These careers are at the complete opposite ends of the spectrum... Would you be by any chance aiming for 600 points and picking courses accordingly to get 'value' from your points gained? If maths is your first love, then surely you'd be leaning that way...

EuropeanSon

They both take ages to qualify for, and usually are the preserve of academically high achieving students, and there the similarity ends.

Actuaries have nice hours, good pay, and not incredibly stressful work.

Doctors have horrible hours, good pay, and stressful work, but I imagine it's somewhat more rewarding (not in a financial sense).

Do what you're interested in. If you are good at that, you'll get a decent job out of it. This business of estimating what you'll earn in ten years is useless and soul destroying.

RebelLAD1

whats the maths content of actury course like? very hard?