Constance L Hunter

Macroeconomist|Triangulating Data|@nberpubs Board|Data Junkie|Policy Wonk|my own views| #Econ101 #SecretLivesOfEconomists

[Constance L Hunter @ConstanceHunter]

@EdMorrissey 🙌🏻

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@mark_dow Ha!

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@RobertMSterling May he rest in peace.

I hope memories of him will sustain you during this difficult time. Sending prayers and my deepest sympathies to you and your family.

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@EpsilonTheory My father watched every episode at least 10 times. It is such a powerful memorialization of the deviation of war. It might be time to replay it!

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@SamRo I can completely relate to this!

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@dwarkesh_sp Robert Cato is the best! You also have to read book “ Working” which explains his process. It is excellent.

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@CliffordAsness And good sound insulation. It should be quiet!

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@ernietedeschi Once upon a time the elite thought brutalism was cool and futuristic.

Talk about dystopian.

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Indeed. A critical input to chip manufacturing.

[Richard Field @tyillc]

Helium shortages going to be a big problem ...

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@zzeker I don’t know what she thinks and I don’t want to put words in her mouth.

[Constance L Hunter @ConstanceHunter]

At the risk of angering a few folks, I vehemently disagree about the old rules not applying in this economy. When my career began I had no idea where it would or could go.

I was curious & rigorously continued my education to improve my skills. Be agile & solve problems.

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[Kyla Scanlon @kylascan]

Most career advice comes from an economy that no longer exists. So what still works? What should people DO?

These are the questions behind my new show, Best of Luck! Every week, I sit down with people who have built careers that have gone sideways, forwards, backwards, and forwards again. Each guest tells their story, swaps career advice, interviews for a job (!), and together, we try to understand the economy we're actually living AND working in.

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@kylascan The plural of anecdotes is not data. Please consider having @gbenga_ajilore on. He posted this very useful graph a few days ago.

The data is still impacted by the long tail of the pandemic and now we are in a low hire expansion.

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It is not economy dependent. Every generation for the past 200+ years experienced an unprecedented level of change.

Yes, Virginia, entropy really does increase. Read Claude Shannon’s 1948 paper “A Mathematical Theory of Communication”

[Constance L Hunter @ConstanceHunter]

The advice I would give today is the following:

1. Be curious
2. Continuously learn
3. Continuously hone communication skills
4. Seek constructive feedback
5. Solve problems and take on responsibility
6. Acknowledge and learn from mistakes
7. Be agile

AI doesn’t change this

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@EdMorrissey

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@ModeledBehavior Wait, so you’re saying Dario is a time traveler?

[Gregory Daco @GregDaco]

Fascinating geopolitical discussion with @anna_rosenberg & @ConstanceHunter moderated by Tani Fukui.

« Welcome to a « low-trust » anarchic multipolar world »

#NABE2026

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One might look at this and say, there is no shortage of irony.

AI and agentics can augment the role non-routine tasks and EA performs. But, the routine tasks are not where the rubber meets the road, it is the non-routine tasks that require judgment, discretion and grit.

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

Anthropic is offering a 145k salary for a personal assistant in London.

Responsibilities include:

"Scheduling and managing calendars for leader(s) and their organization"

"Building and maintaining organizational systems for tracking and managing inbound requests"

"Managing the leader's inbox and communications with precise attention to detail"

"Handling travel logistics"

Somebody should really build some sort of tech tool that can handle this stuff autonomously.

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[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

If you want to get ahead, just be easy to work with. Show up on time. Do what you said you'd do. Bring solutions, not problems. Never create drama. Be responsive. Be emotionally consistent. Be kind. People will always want to support someone who just makes their life easier.