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1. I have thought carefully about what graphic content I could and could not see on the job, and I have a clear sense of my threshold.
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2. I can read victim testimony, threat-actor communications, or case files without it derailing my workday.
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3. I would interview a team's wellness resources as carefully as I interview the role itself.
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4. I am comfortable making a recommendation by Friday based on what I know on Monday.
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5. I can write a tight memo with the qualifiers in footnotes rather than in the main argument.
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6. I'd rather deliver a useful answer in two weeks than a perfect one in two months.
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7. I can sit through a product review without needing the speaker to justify their epistemology.
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8. I can learn enough SQL and read enough of a confusion matrix to follow most T&S data conversations.
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9. I am comfortable when my expertise is less legible to colleagues than I am used to in academic settings.
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10. I can enforce a policy I find imperfect while continuing to advocate for change inside the organization.
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11. I can accept that some harms I find real will not meet a policy threshold and will not be acted on.
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12. I am comfortable working for a company whose political or business positions I do not always agree with.
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13. I am motivated by seeing research influence real-world decisions, even when nuance gets stripped in implementation.
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14. I can frame an academic finding as a one-line operational recommendation without losing what made it interesting.
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15. I am comfortable that my most important T&S work may never appear in the academic record.
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16. I have a working understanding of secondary trauma, vicarious traumatization, and burnout.
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17. I have an existing wellbeing practice (therapy, peer support, supervision) I would maintain in a T&S role.
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18. I am open to seeking professional support if a T&S role started producing intrusive thoughts, avoidance, or detachment.