I was drafted back in the day before PCs, graphing calculators and such.  Due to a high grade on an aptitude test I was able to join the Air Force and spent my military days using Geometry and Trigonometry to calculate bomb trajectories.  It was a good life.

When I graduated college with a degree in Math, the mainframe computer field was expanding greatly and programmers were in short supply.  NYC's utility company, Con Edison, decided that instead of computing in the job market for experienced programmers they would "grow their own".  They set up a traing program and hired college graduates with good "analytical skills".  People with Math degrees were high on their list.  I was hired and ended up having a great 25 year career in technology.

I am currently a licensed stock broker and would never be able to understand the complex world of stock and option trading without an excellent background in Math.

Of course the best use of my Math degree is the time I spend in the classroom with teenagers.  I've enjoyed a short career as a regualr classroom teacher and currently am a substitute teacher.

On a more personal note, I was raised in the Astoria section of New York City, the second of 5 brothers.  I've lived in New York, Kentucky, New Jersey and of course, Texas.

My wife is a Speech Pathologist in a local school system.  We have a son who is a junior at Rutgers University studying Electrical Engineering.