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<p>As is mine.</p>
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<p>I’m not saying this might not be the case at certain levels. For example, I think doing a postdoc at your grad and maybe even at your undergrad might be very bad things careerwise. But as far as doing grad at same place as undergrad, I just don’t think it matters much as far as job hunting is concerned, especially if you are already at a big research university. Perhaps the department frowns on getting its own undergrads, but will a future department looking to hire you care all that much? I say no because that’s what I’ve learned from talking to some people in the know and doing a bit of research myself. But it’s entirely possible you’ve found my findings to be generally untrue.</p>
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<p>Well, it does happen in some rare cases so don’t rule it out completely.</p>
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<p>What you did at your undergrad is completely relevant because although universities do in fact like it when potential faculty members have experienced different environments, the real question is how far back is that supposed to go? In my opinion the “being exposed to different schools of thought” compenent of academic job hunting is really only relevant as far as grad school and beyond goes. Really, few people will care about your undergrad. What matters is that you have good research in your subfield. If you go to the same institution for grad as you do for undergrad, it’s much more likely that you will already have more significant research contributions and that (plus your “fit” with the department) is what REALLY counts.</p>