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Aro Rajaonah: My Path to Princeton
Today, we are joined by Aro Rajaonah, a former Haile Fellow and pre-doctoral research specialist at Princeton University. Aro shares his experience as a Haile Fellow and advises current undergraduate students. He emphasizes the importance of coding skills, networking, and reading widely. Aro also discusses his plans, including applying to PhD programs. The conversation highlights the value of research and the opportunities it can create.
Takeaways
Develop coding skills and organize code effectively
Build a strong network of connections in the research community
Read widely and explore diverse topics
Focus on skills development and be open to new opportunities
Apply to as many research positions as possible to increase chances of success
Sound Bites
"Coding is a big part of my experience here right now."
"Networking was a great thing that the Haile Fellows Program helped me with."
"Focus on building skills: coding, reading, and research interests."
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
03:08 Aro's Current Work at Princeton
08:49 Developing Curiosity and Intellectual Growth
11:22 The Impact of the Hale Fellows Program
24:08 Preparing for a Career in Research
31:36 Future Plans and Closing Remarks
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Відео

Coding and Networking are the Secret to Success
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The full podcast can be found on kite.link/econ-with-dr a
A Day in the Life of a Princeton University Pre Doc
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A short clip from my podcast with Aro Rajaonah. Check out the full podcast on Full podcast here kite.link/econ-with-dr a
Week 1: The Life of an Economics Professor
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Should I do more of these? I am trying to document more of my academic life so that more of my students are aware of the life of professors. Follow for more vlog updates. Leave a comment and tell me what you think of these vlogs. Subscribe to my Newsletter www.WithDrA.com
Erin Preston: Thomas More University Zembrodt Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fellow
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Erin Preston: Thomas More University Zembrodt Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fellow
From Undergraduate to Graduate School
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From Undergraduate to Graduate School
From College to Career: Graduation Advice
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From College to Career: Graduation Advice
Best podcast for Students.
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Best podcast for Students.
Promoted to full professor.
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Promoted to full professor.
Financial Education in Kentucky
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Financial Education in Kentucky
Financial Literacy Programs in Kentucky with Jennifer Inman and KFEC
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Financial Literacy Programs in Kentucky with Jennifer Inman and KFEC
The Sadie Collective's Mission with Bola Olaniyan
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The Sadie Collective's Mission with Bola Olaniyan
Claudia Sahm's Advice on Writing an Economics Newsletter
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Claudia Sahm's Advice on Writing an Economics Newsletter
Economic Policy Should Be About The People- Claudia Sahm
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Economic Policy Should Be About The People- Claudia Sahm
Claudia Sahm: What's Our Biggest Economic Problem?
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Claudia Sahm: What's Our Biggest Economic Problem?
Mastering the Art of Writing: Expert Tips from Samantha Eyler Driscoll
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Mastering the Art of Writing: Expert Tips from Samantha Eyler Driscoll
Claudia Sahm on the Economy, Policy, and Empowering the Next Generation
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Claudia Sahm on the Economy, Policy, and Empowering the Next Generation
Sadie Collective Experience for Economic Student Princess Nworah
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Sadie Collective Experience for Economic Student Princess Nworah
My YouTube experience with 12,000 subscribers
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My UA-cam experience with 12,000 subscribers
Can Leadership be Learned? Dr. Sandra Spataro Haile College of Business Professor
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Can Leadership be Learned? Dr. Sandra Spataro Haile College of Business Professor
Haile Fellows Latest Project
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Haile Fellows Latest Project
Pensions versus 401k. What's the difference?
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Pensions versus 401k. What's the difference?
Changing your major in college | James Blazina
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Changing your major in college | James Blazina
Understanding the Stanley Craze with Jeni Al Bahrani
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Understanding the Stanley Craze with Jeni Al Bahrani
How Stanley Quenchers Became the New Craze
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How Stanley Quenchers Became the New Craze
The U.S Economy in 2024
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The U.S Economy in 2024
Goal Setting and Reflection Strategies with Jeni Al Bahrani
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Goal Setting and Reflection Strategies with Jeni Al Bahrani
2023 Econ With Dr. A Recap
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2023 Econ With Dr. A Recap
Finding Your Purpose: My Last Lecture
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Finding Your Purpose: My Last Lecture
What I learned From the Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
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What I learned From the Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @abdiwahidahmed1026
    @abdiwahidahmed1026 2 дні тому

    Do you know someone that majored in economics, What job they have today leave a comment to show how diverse the career option are for economic

  • @user-ky7qw5uv9h
    @user-ky7qw5uv9h 2 дні тому

    Thank you 🙏

  • @davidalexander1411
    @davidalexander1411 7 днів тому

    I want to study economics

  • @MomentRRR
    @MomentRRR 8 днів тому

    hello sir ,i hope you will be well,i am MAJID KHAN from India, i have MA Economics degree ,i need a job ,i can do any job Pleas sir help me i am very depress ,i have not any support in life ,i have not any money for eat food ,i promiss to you sir ,if you do help me ,i will you life time as ,i know i am your faimly member but i say to you as your small brother, pleas big brother sir help me ,🙏🤎😢god bless you all time ,Ameen

  • @fathiaabimbola420
    @fathiaabimbola420 9 днів тому

    Can it also work for Whatsapp online class?

  • @edmondghiabi8166
    @edmondghiabi8166 10 днів тому

    Hi Dr. A. My son is a high school student who is considering studying economics in university. Do you have any advice on how to build a strong resume for a top university economics program?

  • @rebeccaguyclawson780
    @rebeccaguyclawson780 11 днів тому

    If shifting from pensions to 401k's led to more mobility in the workplace in the 80's, it's interesting to think about what a shift from employer sponsored healthcare to competent individually sponsored healthcare would do to our growing gig economy today. Would everyone quit their day job if their access to healthcare wasn't directly tied to it? What would the hidden costs be that we only would see in 40 years? Cool video

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA 10 днів тому

      That’s a great question and something we need to examine. I am glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @Decoy1138
    @Decoy1138 12 днів тому

    Good choice! 🦗🥋🗡️

  • @Jabari10
    @Jabari10 13 днів тому

    What is your favorite part about working as a professor ?

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA 13 днів тому

      Influencing the decisions of government and businesses. I also love working with students to help them develop their professional paths

  • @Jabari10
    @Jabari10 13 днів тому

    Beginning my masters in quant economics this fall! Excited to continue learning. I’ve been considering life as a professor. What do you love about your work? How do you balance lecturing with research? Do you feel fulfilled?

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA 13 днів тому

      I love that I get to do research and influence policy and thoughts in the economy. It’s important work and it is fulfilling. I love mentoring students too

  • @gayathrileelanph3168
    @gayathrileelanph3168 15 днів тому

    I just completed my masters in economics but I haven’t taken any specific concentration i had taken a general concentration what kind of roles can I apply for

  • @dandyyandy3238
    @dandyyandy3238 15 днів тому

    Why though we shoultn't buy a car? Even after intrest rate decrease

    • @Antowan
      @Antowan 14 днів тому

      He said new car. He encourages grads to buy used instead of new. L

  • @ullaali7026
    @ullaali7026 16 днів тому

    Love this. Good luck, Sophia :)

  • @rashaabdulraouf3453
    @rashaabdulraouf3453 17 днів тому

    O unroll doula 😮you loc sad 😢😢❤😊

  • @dandyyandy3238
    @dandyyandy3238 18 днів тому

    Hey Dr.A i have seen exactly what you are describing now and would love to share more of what I'm going through now when I'm applying.

  • @greenlight2323
    @greenlight2323 18 днів тому

    Aged perfectly.

  • @kennethcastillo-hidalgo9690
    @kennethcastillo-hidalgo9690 21 день тому

    How can you say Chile is a good example when those "drastic" reforms were performed by a dictatorship?

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA 19 днів тому

      Growth happened after the dictatorship and when market reforms were introduced

  • @249_BadalTadha
    @249_BadalTadha 27 днів тому

    thanku bro for such good tips, currently I am pursuing Bachelors in Managment Studies in India, and I want to pursue masterss in applied economics from another country, I have Ireland in my mind right now but any other suggestions from you, pls help

  • @chaaaaaaaaaaaad
    @chaaaaaaaaaaaad 27 днів тому

    Ramit is for middle class and above . He is a hypocrite. He advises everyone to invest in a vanguard date fund but he himself buys stocks. He thinks he is better than most people.

  • @rashaabdulraouf3453
    @rashaabdulraouf3453 Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @rashaabdulraouf3453
    @rashaabdulraouf3453 Місяць тому

    Hey l am tala l am your brruthrrs dotrr l luv you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

  • @ibwright8643
    @ibwright8643 Місяць тому

    ua-cam.com/users/shortsJ1MwtlzBuJI?feature=shared

  • @fredreed2001
    @fredreed2001 Місяць тому

    Maybe that is because everyone is trying to blame Joe Biden for the bad economy which is not true. The economy is bad because of the federal reserve they are making the inflation worse not better.

  • @abrahamjoseph3080
    @abrahamjoseph3080 Місяць тому

    I am enrolling in Economics in a Uni. in Nigeria and this video just solidifies my theory. As an Executive assistant with a Major Human Resources, I've been thinking of adding a second Major is Economics before taking on my MBA. I feel this will better position me to be a better Executive Assistant and prepare me for future positions such as Chief of Staff (COS) and Special Adviser roles in Government. Mind you I'm also taking on micro courses in Disruptive Leadership and Project Management.

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Wishing you the best. Please keep us updated

    • @abrahamjoseph3080
      @abrahamjoseph3080 Місяць тому

      @@EconWithDrA Thank you!

  • @JosephOkechukwu-ko9lq
    @JosephOkechukwu-ko9lq Місяць тому

    What are we to engage ourselves into to become a great economist?

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      Reading good books, Listening to my podcast, and following my content on instagram

  • @hellomy_
    @hellomy_ Місяць тому

    Such a nice recap of the week, Dr. A! Thanks for inviting us to join you for a week in the life of a college professor. Your content never stops inspiring me, and I'm looking forward to more vlogs like these!✨

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      Thank you @hellomy_. I’ll make sure to continue to share. I’m heading to a conference soon, so that should be fun

  • @Psych369
    @Psych369 Місяць тому

    Is there a book to understand

  • @Antowan
    @Antowan Місяць тому

    Mr.Fenney was a inspiration growing up

  • @drypht
    @drypht Місяць тому

    Am new here and glad to be here

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      Glad to have you here. Hope you enjoy the content. Would love to hear your thoughts on it

    • @drypht
      @drypht Місяць тому

      @@EconWithDrA I really did, am watching from Nigeria and am a masters student of Economics. About to begin my thesis. I have learnt alot already. I would also love to come to do my phd in the US

  • @Sonamkhan-fw7yc
    @Sonamkhan-fw7yc Місяць тому

    1 : Market analyst 2: Actuaries 3: Research assistant

    • @litt_nyla6149
      @litt_nyla6149 20 годин тому

      I thought actuaries were a math major, I’m aware this is a great career

  • @user-qo8vi7pb3b
    @user-qo8vi7pb3b Місяць тому

    This was very helpful, please can I message privately for more questions 🙏

  • @polinakaniuka8743
    @polinakaniuka8743 Місяць тому

    Congratulations, Sophia!

  • @dandyyandy3238
    @dandyyandy3238 Місяць тому

    Every good thing must come to an end.😢

  • @Antowan
    @Antowan Місяць тому

    See you are a HBR subscriber too.

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      Love it. I love the short research reviews

    • @Antowan
      @Antowan Місяць тому

      @EconWithDrA Same but they stay too Ivy they need to expand their horizons

  • @-DeepSigh-
    @-DeepSigh- Місяць тому

    I make 2500 a week.. I went to college but I didn't get a degree I just took classes and went to work😂

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      Glad college paid off for you too!

    • @CamFits
      @CamFits 22 дні тому

      What do you do?

    • @-DeepSigh-
      @-DeepSigh- 22 дні тому

      I’m a sub contractor for ADT. I manage and install security systems and CCTV for residential and commercial accounts.

  • @Decoy1138
    @Decoy1138 Місяць тому

    مبروك!

  • @kathleenr8839
    @kathleenr8839 Місяць тому

    Man I wish I had this podcast when I was in college. I graduated with an Econ degree in 2015 and I haven’t done anything with it. I’m now 33 just working at a random entry level job doing office work. I have zero confidence of being able to do any real jobs - Any advice on how to get caught back up to speed?

  • @dandyyandy3238
    @dandyyandy3238 Місяць тому

    You have a podcast. Cool I will defitenly check it out.

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      Enjoy. Would love to hear your thoughts on it. Share it with all your friends!!

  • @pakeeza131
    @pakeeza131 Місяць тому

    Please provide subtitle🙂

  • @Antowan
    @Antowan Місяць тому

    Woop woop!😊

  • @purplefunkything7514
    @purplefunkything7514 Місяць тому

    Ramit Camp here. Ramsey is ok and each teacher (including yourself), will reach the ears of those who can hear the message the best.

  • @Prisoner-jf8vi
    @Prisoner-jf8vi Місяць тому

    A better question is why does the US have the ability to print it's own currency and still have to " borrow" at the same time

  • @dk91750
    @dk91750 Місяць тому

    If you wish to learn economics the last thing you should do is major in economics. If you do, almost certainly you will learn only the ideology (it's practically a cult) of equilibrium, marginalist economics. Everything you learn-in the English-speaking world-will be based on Alfred Marshall's elaboration and interpretation of Leon Walras's equilibrium ideas. This culminated in Arrow-Debreu's general equilibrium nonsense in the 1950s and has been fiddled with and tweaked ever since until someone came up with Dynamic-Stochastic General Equilibrium (which isn't really dynamic in the engineering and scientific sense of system dynamics). The reason they have to fiddle with it easy easy to see with a metaphor. Equilibrium economics is the Ptolemaic solar system. Non-equilibrium economics is the Kepler model of the solar system, with the model later refined by Newton. In the Ptolemaic model, everything orbits the Earth in circles. In the Copernican system, orbits are still circular but everything orbits the sun (including every planet's moons). But observation of the real world falsifies the model so they came up with epicycles-circles within circles to explain what seemed like retrograde motion of some planets or moons. Since the 1950s all the tweaks to general equilibrium are just more and more epicycles to patch up the theory because the theory is so bad at predicting anything. Both in astronomy and in economics you have to have some ability with mathematics to construct the epicycles. This gives the practitioners the illusion that they are doing something scientific. They are not. If you take a basic astronomy class, they will mention Ptolemy in the beginning. It might be a paragraph or two in the beginning of the book. Maybe half a chapter if they are giving you the history of evolution of astronomical science. There's a reason for this. It's because Ptolemy's model does not comport with reality. Non-equilibrium economics is Kepler and Newton. It observes the real world, capitalism as it actually functions, and builds a model based on reality. This Dr. A is just trying to get you into the equilibrium cult. If you really wish to learn economics (and not just general equilibrium theory), skip the economics degree. Go study engineering, applied mathematics, or physics. Emphasize learning system dynamics. Learn how to make truly dynamic models (and not the fake, remedial dynamic models of DSGE), and then apply your knowledge to the real world. It's too late for most people with doctorates in economics to change. They drank the kool-aid. But you can still save yourself.

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      Thanks for your comment. It’s obvious you have put some thought behind your opinions. What isn’t clear though is what you want to save the people from?

    • @dk91750
      @dk91750 Місяць тому

      @@EconWithDrA To save people from the cult of Walrasian equilibrium. How many neoclassicals or new Keynesians publicly predicted the crash in 2008? How many predicted the crash in 1929? None that I know of. The only people who publicly predicted 2008 were either financial practitioners (dealers and traders) or non-equilibrium economists. The public statements of prominent, prestigious neoclassicals and new keynesians, from all the "right" universities, before the 2008 crash are embarrassing to read now (which is why no one in the cult brings it up). If your astronomical model cannot predict an eclipse, then you're astronomical model is falsified. Full stop; don't need to hear any "explanations" for why the theory was right but reality was wrong. If your DSGE model didn't see 2008 coming (as even fraudster Greenspan admitted before Congress: ua-cam.com/video/oSWFuOGenGw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=AssociatedPress admitted), then your DSGE model is false. Full stop. No hemming and hawing. No explanations. No patching it up. It's wrong. Nothing else to say. I'm trying to save people from spending a lot of time (in countries with inexpensive universities) or a lot of money (in neoliberal hell that is the English-speaking world) to learn nonsense. Why would you learn Ptolemy, when you have Kepler and Newton? Why would you learn about blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm when you have the germ theory of disease, cell biology, and DNA to learn? Why would you learn about phlogiston when you can learn chemistry? Why would you learn about a failed economics model, full of physics equation-envy, that failed to predict the biggest crisis in capitalism of the last fifty years? Every time you are close to being bamboozled by the prestige of the universities and government posts of equilibrium economists, remind yourself about calculus. For hundreds of years all the most prestigious professors in all the prestigious universities were opposed to the foundational ideas of calculus, but not because it was bad mathematics. They opposed it because it went against their theology. It's rather convoluted how the theologians came to think "indivisibles" and "infinitesimals" were a threat to their idea of social order. But that's what they believed. Just like equilibrium economists today, they were not interested in observable facts and data. They care only about their theory. Here's a concrete example. In 1998 one of those marginalist, equilibrium high priests, Alan Blinder, published Asking About Prices (with three others, including one who has become a sort-of dissident when it comes to Fed interest rate policy). Page 225: "Unfortunately for neoclassical economic theory, however, most of the rest report [firms they surveyed] DECLINING marginal cost [emphasis in the original]. Only 11 percent claim to have the upward-sloping marginal cost schedules that populated economics textbooks." Well, isn't that interesting? This means if you are teaching from the usual economics textbooks then you are teaching a "theory" that is accurate for only 11 percent of reality. Of course, Alan Blinder never talks about this today. He made a significant discovery that falsified one of his fundamental tenets, but never changed the theory. Can you imagine a chemist or physicist making a fundamental discovery and NOT making a big deal about it, not changing how they teach and what they teach? Of course not because chemistry and physics are science based on observable reality. Equilibrium economics is based on the utopian yearnings of ideologues. There's a joke about neoclassical economists. If you wanted to learn about horses, what would you do? Obviously, you'd go outside, find some horses, and observe them. What would a neoclassical economist do? He'd sit in a chair and say, "If I were a horse, what would I do?" The Blinder story is but one. You can go further back to Stigler in 1957. It's more subtle and anyone reading this who hasn't gone past undergraduate economics won't get it. But you should. In his article Perfect Competition, Historically Contemplated (1957), Stigler mathematically demonstrated the slope of the demand curve for a competitive firm equals the slope of the market demand curve. But this is not what they teach undergraduates. They don't even teach it to graduate students because it's heretical to the neoclassical cult. In other words, even a different high priest of the cult, Stigler, in 1957 knew neoclassical theory is bullshit. But he taught it anyway. You have a doctorate in economics. I'd bet money, and give you three to one odds, you've never seen the Stigler article and never heard of the Blinder book. Why would you have seen it? Why would the high priests of the cult that trained you show you material that would make you question their dogma? These are but two examples. I can easily come up with three or four others, but it's not necessary. The point is demonstrated. Blinder discovered a fundamental tenet of equilibrium, neoclassical, economic theory is bullshit. He even published a book about it. Stigler also proved one of the tenets of neoclassical economic was false. But they kept teaching it. They were fraudsters. If you teach it, so are you.

  • @dandyyandy3238
    @dandyyandy3238 Місяць тому

    Thank you Dr.A it was an geniune honour to attend your class.🎉🎉😊

  • @LaMach420
    @LaMach420 Місяць тому

    Ok but even the poorest of today have to pay a boat load of taxes.

    • @EconWithDrA
      @EconWithDrA Місяць тому

      I am not sure about that. Most receive tax refunds and are subsidized.

  • @Antowan
    @Antowan 2 місяці тому

    Congrats to Alison!

  • @Antowan
    @Antowan 2 місяці тому

    Congrats!

  • @bittorrentpromotion4084
    @bittorrentpromotion4084 2 місяці тому

    Yes it was true… now it’s even worse. Stop you are wrong