My family and I spend a fair amount of time on the highway, and perhaps the most prominent feature of highway routes is the abundance of billboards. I was struck recently by a recurring billboard message posing the question, “Is going to college still worth it?” This concerns me, given the ever-increasingly complex and demanding world we live in. And of … [Read more...] about What School Doesn’t Teach You About Succeeding at Work
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Advice, Practice Emerge from Committee Networking Event at JSM
By Kimberly Webb, Center for Biostatistics and Qualitative Methodology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Statisticians spend countless hours honing their technical skills through coursework, problem sets, and repeated practice. However, for many students and early-career professionals, it can be difficult to find guidance and practice for professional skills such … [Read more...] about Advice, Practice Emerge from Committee Networking Event at JSM