Rohit Chandra | @rohitreads.bsky.social

One of my reflections on building a Public Policy career is to get as much work experience as possible. Even the finest schools cannot capture the complex mesh of interests, people, power dynamics, incentives and voice. You have to be in places where you are able to learn and absorb this environment. Policy issues are too dynamic, information is becoming cheaper by the day due to tech advances. The one thing that AI cannot do at least for now is "work the system". Too many Indian students are in a hurry to commit themselves to a post graduate degree, but Public Policy is definitely one field where if you go for a degree just after undergrad, you are doing yourself a big disservice. Atleast 3-4 years perhaps should be even mandatory for admission to a policy school. It helps you have a clearer vision of where you see yourself in this (unstructured) space and what you need to get there.