For better or worse, very few professional relationships in your working scientific life have as much of an impact on your career and your thinking as those with your graduate school advisor. You learn a lot from him or her, and sometimes if things unfortunately don't go well (as in the case of the recent much discussed fiasco), you learn what not to do. Your graduate school advisor imparts little tidbits of wisdom every single day.
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Dick Thaler gives out some advice to econ students: My advice for young researchers at the start of their career is… Work on your own ideas, not your advisor’s ideas (or at least in addition to her ideas). I think this is bad advice... Read Post
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Behold the definition of a "revolving door" - Judd Gregg: from US Senator, to Goldman Sachs advisor, to SIFMA head, all in under two years. The SIFMA press release proudly announcing its new head. Oddly, zero mentions of "Goldman Sa... Read Post