I’m scared to talk about my job at Harvard because of imposter syndrome. But I know from experience that writing here and talking about myself incessantly is the way to beat it. If I post about things that make me nervous, then the people who are going to call me out will do it right […]

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13.10.2023

Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize for the truth about women and work. Whooo hooo! - Penelope Trunk Careers

After 20 years of blogging, learning to do academic research was a steep learning curve. People told me to ask for help from professors at Harvard because they’d feel obligated to help me because I’m at Harvard as well. In fact most did not even feel obligated to reply to my email. But Claudia replied. […]

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21.11.2023

That Gen-X time latchkey kids were encouraged to collect rodents - Penelope Trunk Careers

In the 70s my family’s knowledge of plastic exceeded our knowledge of gerbils, so we bought two girl gerbils and a plastic Habitrail cage because it didn’t look like a cage at all. The two girls made babies, and started eating them. We thought that meant the cage was too small, so we bought […]

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30.11.2023

A new course! Plus, the unveiling of my secret YouTube channel - Penelope Trunk Careers

When I announced I’m doing research about autism at Harvard, people said, Academia requires too much patience! You’ll lose your mind! Undaunted I came up with a new paper every week for the first year. The papers were awful, but as a writer I didn’t mind writing to learn. So it turned out that […]

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Lessons from the bottom rung of academia - Penelope Trunk Careers

Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize for the truth about women and work. Whooo hooo! - Penelope Trunk Careers

That Gen-X time latchkey kids were encouraged to collect rodents - Penelope Trunk Careers

A new course! Plus, the unveiling of my secret YouTube channel - Penelope Trunk Careers

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