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Columnist Note: You can ignore this guidebook, but I assure you that its merits stem from painful discovery. As a former Army Officer now grinding my way through graduate-level analytics and as the father of three children, this means that someone in our house is always crying (and that person Continue reading Out of Uniform: A Field Guide to Reinventing Your Career
The IAA can feel like a firehose. The pace is fast, the expectations are high, and the deadlines rarely wait. The only reason I’m not drowning is that I trained for this kind of pressure for years as a Division I athlete. Swimming taught me discipline, efficiency, and resilience under Continue reading Structured for Survival: The System That Keeps Me Sane at the IAA
Picture this: you’ve worked hard, graduated from undergrad with honors, and maybe even gained some valuable, real-world experience. Then, you get into one of the top analytics programs in the country—let’s say the Institute for Advanced Analytics at NC State. You’re thrilled and so proud of yourself… but then something Continue reading Beyond Luck: Tackling Imposter Syndrome in Graduate School