Economist Daniel Rock: skip the pre-doc, work outside academia for a few years first
danielrock · x · 2026-09-11
Economist Daniel Rock, responding to Northwestern's economics department criticizing pre-doc programs, advises most people not to do a pre-doc. Instead, work elsewhere for a couple of years to see the messiness outside of a university.
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