When I was in grad school (University of Rochester), we had a new associate professor recruit who freshly graduated from MIT. The first thing he shared with us

When I was in grad school (University of Rochester), we had a new associate professor recruit who freshly graduated from MIT. The first thing he shared with us was how to promote/advocate your work. The slides (the materials he used) are obviously created at MIT (meaning, they are not his creation) and it seems like (again, I'm not sure) it (how to promote your work) was taught in MIT grad school (at least in their PhD programs). I wish I saved those slides. I'm not saying that promoting your work in this day and age of academia is inherently wrong (although I'd like to think if your work is really good and essential, it'll surface without needing to promote), but I am just surprised that it was taught.