reasons for becoming an academic economist

Propagandhi711 wrote:newsflash: no one here gives a shit

swapna wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:newsflash: no one here gives a shit

clearly, you do.

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:you seem to be basing too much of your life on your daughter's occupation. god knows what's tehe idea behind it, but doesn't seem right for your mental health.

Propagandhi711 wrote:

swapna wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:newsflash: no one here gives a shit

clearly, you do.

nobodygivesashit.com

swapna wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:you seem to be basing too much of your life on your daughter's occupation. god knows what's tehe idea behind it, but doesn't seem right for your mental health.

it's an interest, somewhat strong now, which will abate as time passes, but not my life.

it has been quite a journey: ten years of after-school education, three degrees, two year-long research jobs, half a dozen relevant internships, starting in 11th grade, and a fellowship at a federal reserve bank, all of which enhanced her drive towards her objective. 

plus fly-outs to, and presentations at half a dozen universities around the u.s.,  and the world bank, and interviews and quotations by the media, with more coming up.

she knew exactly what she was doing, declining high-paying jobs along the way, to gain the independence and intellectual environment she wanted. not all was perfect or ideal, but she made excellent, intelligent choices.

from her high-school days, we have not insisted on her taking any specific facultypath, but only remained available. nearly all the credit goes to her.

I am fully engaged in my work, and cheerfully so.

btw, last week, we drove several hundred miles, over two days, mostly for the fun of it, from chicago to her new campus in the northeast.

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:you seem to be basing too much of your life on your daughter's occupation. god knows what's the idea behind it, but doesn't seem right for your mental health.

swapna wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:you seem to be basing too much of your life on your daughter's occupation. god knows what's tehe idea behind it, but doesn't seem right for your mental health.

it's an interest, somewhat strong now, which will abate as time passes, but not my life.

it has been quite a journey: ten years of after-school education, three degrees, two year-long research jobs, half a dozen relevant internships, starting in 11th grade, and a fellowship at a federal reserve bank, all of which enhanced her drive towards her objective. 

plus fly-outs to, and presentations at half a dozen universities around the u.s.,  and the world bank, and interviews and quotations by the media, with more coming up.

she knew exactly what she was doing, declining high-paying jobs along the way, to gain the independence and intellectual environment she wanted. not all was perfect or ideal, but she made excellent, intelligent choices.

from her high-school days, we have not insisted on her taking any specific facultypath, but only remained available. nearly all the credit goes to her.

I am fully engaged in my work, and cheerfully so.

btw, last week, we drove several hundred miles, over two days, mostly for the fun of it, from chicago to her new campus in the northeast.

SomeProfile wrote:Now it is clear why he is so interested in "caucasian men and the (Asian women) fetishes that stimulate their perpendicularities"!

Kinnera wrote:Hasn't she majored in Physics in undergrad? Why did she make the shift to Economics? A Phd in Physics would've been cool. Not many dare to tread that path. Econ is a bleh!

[size=47]here's my favourite post in the thread I had linked at e.j.m.r.:

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Seva Lamberdar wrote:

swapna wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:you seem to be basing too much of your life on your daughter's occupation. god knows what's tehe idea behind it, but doesn't seem right for your mental health.

it's an interest, somewhat strong now, which will abate as time passes, but not my life.

it has been quite a journey: ten years of after-school education, three degrees, two year-long research jobs, half a dozen relevant internships, starting in 11th grade, and a fellowship at a federal reserve bank, all of which enhanced her drive towards her objective. 

plus fly-outs to, and presentations at half a dozen universities around the u.s.,  and the world bank, and interviews and quotations by the media, with more coming up.

she knew exactly what she was doing, declining high-paying jobs along the way, to gain the independence and intellectual environment she wanted. not all was perfect or ideal, but she made excellent, intelligent choices.

from her high-school days, we have not insisted on her taking any specific facultypath, but only remained available. nearly all the credit goes to her.

I am fully engaged in my work, and cheerfully so.

btw, last week, we drove several hundred miles, over two days, mostly for the fun of it, from chicago to her new campus in the northeast.

Congratulations to you and your daughter. You again prove the point that parents need to take an active interest in their kids' education on the path to promising careers.

swapna wrote:

Kinnera wrote:Hasn't she majored in Physics in undergrad? Why did she make the shift to Economics? A Phd in Physics would've been cool. Not many dare to tread that path. Econ is a bleh!

she graduated from yale in four years with a b.s. in physics and a b.a. in economics. both were mathematics-heavy. 

she would have preferred to major in mathematics than in physics, but she wanted both, and the physics department allowed her to take more math courses than the math department allowed her to take physics courses. hence, the physics major. 

both her dissertation committee co-chairmen at chicago, who were well-known economists, had bachelor's degrees in mathematics.

Kinnera wrote:

swapna wrote:

Kinnera wrote:Hasn't she majored in Physics in undergrad? Why did she make the shift to Economics? A Phd in Physics would've been cool. Not many dare to tread that path. Econ is a bleh!

she graduated from yale in four years with a b.s. in physics and a b.a. in economics. both were mathematics-heavy. 

she would have preferred to major in mathematics than in physics, but she wanted both, and the physics department allowed her to take more math courses than the math department allowed her to take physics courses. hence, the physics major. 

both her dissertation committee co-chairmen at chicago, who were well-known economists, had bachelor's degrees in mathematics.

Such a high achieving and intelligent girl should've done something better than a PhD in Economics and from a University which is better than University of Chicago.

** It's the best Univ for Econ in the world. The best kids from Europe and China end up their. And very few American students are selected. I'm not saying they are the brightest or geniuses but they come from academically privileged backgrounds. Takes a lot of planning to get there. A few brilliant wild cards too of course. That and their AI guys are smart too.

Isn't it where Wendy Doniger works, churning out her crappy pieces of sh*t and molding wackos who have no in depth knowledge of what they are working on? That says a lot about the school.

**There are a lot of crazy dumb leftist wackos there. Interestingly they have a department where they teach telugu and some white girl wanted to discuss Tyagaraja with me. I was not interested in encouraging such foolishness, you shouldn't waste 60-80K per year on a hobby.

swapna wrote:

I am fully engaged in my work, and cheerfully so.

btw, last week, we drove several hundred miles, over two days, mostly for the fun of it, from chicago to her new campus in the northeast.

pravalika nanda wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

swapna wrote:

Kinnera wrote:Hasn't she majored in Physics in undergrad? Why did she make the shift to Economics? A Phd in Physics would've been cool. Not many dare to tread that path. Econ is a bleh!

she graduated from yale in four years with a b.s. in physics and a b.a. in economics. both were mathematics-heavy. 

she would have preferred to major in mathematics than in physics, but she wanted both, and the physics department allowed her to take more math courses than the math department allowed her to take physics courses. hence, the physics major. 

both her dissertation committee co-chairmen at chicago, who were well-known economists, had bachelor's degrees in mathematics.

Such a high achieving and intelligent girl should've done something better than a PhD in Economics and from a University which is better than University of Chicago.

** It's the best Univ for Econ in the world. The best kids from Europe and China end up their. And very few American students are selected. I'm not saying they are the brightest or geniuses but they come from academically privileged backgrounds. Takes a lot of planning to get there. A few brilliant wild cards too of course. That and their AI guys are smart too.

Isn't it where Wendy Doniger works, churning out her crappy pieces of sh*t and molding wackos who have no in depth knowledge of what they are working on? That says a lot about the school.

**There are a lot of crazy dumb leftist wackos there. Interestingly they have a department where they teach telugu and some white girl wanted to discuss Tyagaraja with me. I was not interested in encouraging such foolishness, you shouldn't waste 60-80K per year on a hobby.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

swapna wrote:

I am fully engaged in my work, and cheerfully so.

btw, last week, we drove several hundred miles, over two days, mostly for the fun of it, from chicago to her new campus in the northeast.

you took TWO days to drive from there to theeeere????

really ?

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:at 27-28 we had a kid and a house, all the while XH's dad complaining how we don't even seek his opinion...

let's see how we fare with our kids at that age... as of now I plan to retire with enough money to be on cruises 8/12 months of the year. otoh older wants to have babies early and me to raise them. let's see how it goes...

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:at 27-28 we had a kid and a house, all the while XH's dad complaining how we don't even seek his opinion...

let's see how we fare with our kids at that age... as of now I plan to retire with enough money to be on cruises 8/12 months of the year. otoh older wants to have babies early and me to raise them. let's see how it goes...

I always suspected that you hit it big...Who is it ? Which multi-millionaire is it?  The only big advantage of having a XH is it opens up the opportunities once more to catch a big fish....

Looks like your D is going to get married in her 30s...Unless she has someone already in mind and planning to get married soon after graduation. A lot of high schoolers get married soon after high school graduation.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:not going to comment about anything else on this thread because it involves discussing a person who is not here to speak on her/his behalf and that is inherently unfair. however, i wanted to just say that uchicago is a fantastic school, much better than the ivies in some disciplines and comparable to them in others.  

wendy doniger is definitely an idiot. however, uchicago was also the academic home of subrahmanyan chandrasekhar until he passed away. so also enrico fermi. both gentlemen were people i read about and had a lot of admiration for, and the latter the author of a statistical distribution obeyed by a class of particles named eponymously for him, which is fundamental to many things in my own field. of course he did many other things besides that.  uchicago was also the academic home of the great tamil, kannada, and english poet and essayist a.k.ramanujan till he passed away.

Propagandhi711 wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:not going to comment about anything else on this thread because it involves discussing a person who is not here to speak on her/his behalf and that is inherently unfair. however, i wanted to just say that uchicago is a fantastic school, much better than the ivies in some disciplines and comparable to them in others.  

wendy doniger is definitely an idiot. however, uchicago was also the academic home of subrahmanyan chandrasekhar until he passed away. so also enrico fermi. both gentlemen were people i read about and had a lot of admiration for, and the latter the author of a statistical distribution obeyed by a class of particles named eponymously for him, which is fundamental to many things in my own field. of course he did many other things besides that.  uchicago was also the academic home of the great tamil, kannada, and english poet and essayist a.k.ramanujan till he passed away.

much better than yale, duke, haavard etc thats for sure. i think ucb, stanford, u of c & mit are more relevant ivies of the 21st century.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:The only brownie point one gets for the 60K/year expense is that your ward goes to IVY to non-IVY parents. 

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:at 27-28 we had a kid and a house, all the while XH's dad complaining how we don't even seek his opinion...

let's see how we fare with our kids at that age... as of now I plan to retire with enough money to be on cruises 8/12 months of the year. otoh older wants to have babies early and me to raise them. let's see how it goes...