Through a winding sequence of math-related careers -- PhD student in pure math, mathematician for the DoD, adjunct math instructor, high school math teacher, data scientist -- I've finally found my fit: as a product manager for the AI shopping agent Vetted. (Check us out on the App Store and Google Play Store and let me know what you think!)I don't formally prove things or write code that makes it anywhere near production in my current role, but I’ve found that the aspects of math and teaching that I love are as present in my career as ever.- Iterative process of research combining intuition, fundamental principles, and others’ findings?- Writing to identify which ideas pass muster and determine what’s possible?- Sketching vague ideas on (virtual) chalkboards?- Communicating with as many people as possible across a range of media?Yep, all there. I feel extremely fortunate to be working at the cutting edge of LLM applications in creating a product that markedly improves an aspect of people’s lives, finding the products that are actually worth buying without spending all day.