Linxi Chen, Ph.D. 2018
BlackRock
2018 Ph.D., Economics
How has being an Economics graduate from Duke helped shape you personally and/or professionally?
"Flexibility in course selection and choosing your own research topic/advisor allowed me to get broad exposure allowed me to build a wide range of skills. This mixture of useful analytic and programming skills made me a great fit to quantitative research roles in the asset management industry."
What advice would you give students in Duke's Economics programs?
"Amp up your comparative advantages not “what the job market wants”."
