> I'm getting my math PhD and I built this language around my area of expertise, Number Theory and Finite Fields.
Your LinkedIn says you're an undergrad that took a gap year 10 months ago (before completing your senior year) to do sales for a real estate company.
Depending on what properties they sold, they certainly could have gotten valuable real-world expertise with finite fields. It's certainly easier to sell them than infinite ones!
Why bother doing a witch hunt and leaving out that they did Stats at Yale..