Pete Casazza discusses this briefly at the beginning of his article A Mathematician's Survival Guide, available here.He seems to advocate the approach of avoiding telling people what you do for a living (if you are a mathematician), and I find that I prefer that approach myself. Sometimes it can't be avoided, but in those instances I think I'll often try to move the conversation on in some of the ways suggested by other posters on this thread.
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Pete Casazza discusses this briefly at the beginning of his article A Mathematician's Survival Guide, available here. He seems to advocate the approach of avoiding telling people what you do for a living (if you are a mathematician), and I find that I prefer that approach myself. Sometimes it can't be avoided, but in those instances I think I'll often try to move the conversation on in some of the ways suggested by other posters on this thread. |
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