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        1. Apropos of recent #econtwitter, a painful but very useful exercise I did in prepping for the job market: Practice interviews and job talks (intro only) with a panel/audience of fellow grad students who questioned AS AGGRESSIVELY—though not mean-spirited—as possible. 1/
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        By this point we’d already all been exposed to each other’s papers and CVs so knew where to poke. And we had a strong bedrock culture of mutual support. Seminar hazing SUCKS so key to learn to handle it partly through exposure to tough questions you KNOW are well intentioned. 2/3
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      Finally, part of what I think is PARTICULARLY toxic about seminar hazing culture is the plausible deniability (/gaslighting) that it’s *actually* the kind of well intentioned intellectual inquiry or attempt to “toughen people up” that I’m suggesting practicing. (It isn’t.) 3/3
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    Basically, I’m suggesting a way to practice improving your ability to do what @yoko_okuyama’s advisor is wisely counseling: 4/3 @yoko_okuyama/1176270263937392642
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