Insight day at Frontier Economics.

 


As someone who wants to be an Economist, the insight day as Frontier was the one of the closest things I've done thats similar to what I hope to be doing in a few years time. This was a really well organized insight day programme where we learned about the structure of an economics consultancy firm and even learned some really interesting theory from Y2 micro that we havnt covered in class yet and small bits of Y1 uni content such as differences in differences curves, and a quick look at cost-benefit analysis. It was really encouraging to see that there were also so many people working at the firm that were very passionate about economics and I really felt like I had found my people. 




Quick summary of what we did:

  1. Introduction to Frontier and an overview of the different teams and projects they work on. 
  2. Workshops on real-world economic problems where we worked in small groups to analyse data and make recommendations. 
  3. Case study session that involved applying economic theory to practical scenarios, including some Y2 micro concepts we hadn’t covered in class yet such as price discrimination. 
  4. Short introduction to what we learn at uni like differences-in-differences curves and cost-benefit analysis. Asked a couple questions later about the multi-variable regression calculation (look at image of someone taking a photo of me lol)
  5. Opportunities to ask questions and discuss ideas with employees at different career stages, such as interns, but also one of the partners there too. 
  6. Networking and informal discussions with other students and professionals throughout the day
  7. CV writing and what makes you stand out

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