-: Probably the number one way
that UT prepared me for my work in public service
is that I had some really great professors at UT
who really prepared me for writing and writing clearly
and writing professional reports
and doing data analysis and understanding data
and understanding economic data
whether those are financial statements or more broadly.
So, I think UT imparted sort of the standards of academia
and what do academics do?
They write papers, they do research, they teach things,
and those are the same skills that you need
in a public service role.
You need to see new data.
You need to understand the new data.
You need to synthesize it
and how that effects what you're doing.
You need to be able to convey that data in written reports
and you need to explain that data to other people.