Career Goals, Mentor and Pharmaceutical - Professional Development Brief

Commencement speeches are garbage. College graduation is terrifying.

Penelope Trunk

MAY 15, 2017

You are probably not going to do anything special in your career. And those who have remarkably successful careers pay a steep price. Before you set a career goal for yourself, ask yourself what other people had to do to get there. Pharmaceuticals are your friends. Very few people do. It’s a waste of time.

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We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs.

Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I'd like to add one idea from a mentor of mine, who led big organizations in both sectors. 'Saving lives' (as is the case in your example with the pharmaceutical company above etc) is the means to making a profit and not the ends of their work. Salesforce.com rocks! It can potentially lead to huge conflicts of interest.

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Commencement speeches are garbage. College graduation is terrifying.

We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs.

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