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[quote=Anonymous]This thread is a fascinating read. I actually got my PhD in economics at MIT and was in the top third of my class. Unlike most of my classmates, I didn’t go into academia. So here is my perspective. Everyone in my graduating class (of about 20) has been very successful in their own way. Some are tenured professors with numerous publications at UChicago, Brown, Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, LSE. Some are partners in consulting firms and doing very well financially. Some are central bank governors and finance ministers in foreign countries. Some are working at hedge funds and making big bucks there. But the biggest benefit from being at MIT was that we all pushed each other and got better because of it. It was a competitive but collaborative environment that we truly enjoyed. I am also grateful for the amazing network of MIT PhD economists across the world over the decades. [/quote]
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