Economist on "PhD, at academic hedge fund"
It would be tough. The lack of publications (assuming you haven't published while working) will make it incredibly hard. Plus just being out of the "circle" for some time would be viewed with...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is LSE even weak in anything?"
It's not weak at anything - may be metrics - but, increasingly it's not great in any area either. That's worrisome
View ArticleEconomist on "PhD, at academic hedge fund"
What is an academic hedge fund? Harvard University?
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you know a person who worked less than you or was dumber (or...
Yes it's called "life is not black and white you creepy autist now grow up."
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you know a person who worked less than you or was dumber (or...
Job market. Department pushed a semi-retard too much (due to racial bias) and that guy started a job that paid $30k more. In three years everything changed and he had to move down to a lower paying job...
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you know a person who worked less than you or was dumber (or...
got a better job? If yes, why did it happen?1) personal networks 2) on co-authored papers she got (falsely) attributed the main idea
View ArticleEconomist on "Any info on the Bates or Colby visiting positions?"
thats the definition of a visiting position anywhere broColby always has a visiting position year after year. Wonder why anyone would want to go there knowing they have to be out the door 9 months from...
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you know a person who worked less than you or was dumber (or...
got a better job? If yes, why did it happen? Yes. She undertook to glorify her adviser's work in her PhD. Result was that he gave her the academic equivalent of an apprenticeship. Meanwhile, the sum of...
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you know a person who worked less than you or was dumber (or...
This happens all the time. There is a very large component of luck in research success. Beyond that, the relationship between being "smart" in some sense of the word and doing good research is not that...
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you know a person who worked less than you or was dumber (or...
Well, it really depends. Personal networking skill, committee support, and luck In engineering it is even worse, some advisors may add names in your paper to do a favor for those who don't...
View ArticleEconomist on "Transfer Pricing vs. Model Validation"
thanks. they do a lot of discrete choice models. and they have to face scrutiny from federal regulatory authorities, similar to transfer pricing having to deal with tax authorities.For model validation...
View ArticleEconomist on "World Bank's new special recruitment program"
Any news about the results?
View ArticleEconomist on "2014 Final Numbers: Apps/Interviews/Fly-Outs/Offers"
rank 10-20 US165 / 14 / 3 / 2
View ArticleEconomist on "2014 Final Numbers: Apps/Interviews/Fly-Outs/Offers"
Rank: 1 Applications: 0 Calls by advisor: 5 Interviews: 0 Flyouts: 5 Offers: 5
View ArticleEconomist on "2014 Final Numbers: Apps/Interviews/Fly-Outs/Offers"
Rank 10ish 93 / 17 / 5 / 4
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