I still remember the feeling of walking into my first academic conference in 2023: the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) conference in Katowice. My stomach was doing gymnastics, my hands were clammy, and I felt like everyone around me had already published three books and solved all the great mysteries of psychology, while I was still struggling to figure out how to design half-decent PowerPoint slides. Fast forward two years later, I found myself at the Academy of Management (AOM) conference in Copenhagen. You would think by then I would be a pro, strolling in with the confidence of someone who has “been there, done that.” Spoiler:…