Penelope Trunk

MARCH 14, 2010

Engineers For Women: 1. Engineers make the top 5 I think, only because it’s a trendy, online resource. All I wanna be, is an engineer, working for the Police Department! Note: i hope the engineer bit is wrong, because I'm dating one – and have been for about 6 years. Engineers are not in it for power.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

I work with students in the liberal arts and sciences, so although a lot of the companies that come to campus are looking for business and engineering students, I am helping my students compete and realize the skills they have that set them apart. Lesson = Get an engineering degree Oh… and go to a canadian university.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I followed my son around all day with spoonfuls of butter, and I kept him out of the hospital until a feeding therapist could force-feed him other high-fat content foods, like, ice cream and French fries. He is still skinny as dental floss, and won't eat pizza, soda pop, mixed foods, spicy goo, or fatty meat. I was shocked.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

First of all, you’re not paying for your own food, so you should eat really good, healthy food, which is always more expensive than junk food. Got food poisoning on another. During the day you might not have the time or the access to healthy food. Eat really well. 1, 2, 4, and 5 will now be my focus.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Posted by Marc KS on December 16, 2009 at 1:19 pm | permalink | Reply Absolutely right about STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics) companies. Companies like Google have very flexible environments and pretty moderate hours, particularly for engineers, but are about 75% male (and 85 – 90% for engineers).

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

So, FriendFeed was very very small, but Facebook bought them for what the engineering team learned how to do. Every ship needs a captain, a navigator, and an engine room engineer. Long answer: A lot of companies that have investors are built on the idea that the company will build something very valuable to another company.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

The food thing is so much more socially acceptable. For years I've been trying to explain to my engineer husband how the numbers literally float around the page when I look at it and I should probably not be the one doing the taxes. I’m just wishing I could be anorexic for the days that I’m picking at my cuticles. She says this.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

Understand the impact food has on your moods. Now down off my soap box on junk food. I say, “Put on nice socks and let’s have breakfast.” I want to tell you I used a calm voice, but I worry I used a psycho, calm-before-the-storm voice. I make waffles. I watch the kids eat squishy, warm, covered-in-syrup waffles.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The social and business rules are different from, say, university and being a student or grad student — or working in the food/restaurant industry. Posted by Shannon on November 24, 2009 at 2:23 pm | permalink | Reply This totally applies to engineers in Silicon Valley and other geo locations as well. You are so right.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I spend money on wood and stone and dirt and veggies and that is money well-invested, becuase it gives me hundreds of hours of enjoyment, by myself AND with my family, outside in the garden (not to mention all the food we grow ourselves). True frugality requires the ability to be objective about what is a good expenditure and what is waste.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Many are engineers. Elaborate games of hide and seek are played out in rain forests, deserts, and suburban backyards for her creatures to secure mates, food, status, and safety. You can find a guy like this – he may make less, probably won't be an Alpha Man CEO type, but they exist. She weaves camouflage.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

As an engineer I always try to think of technology solutions to problems like this. My boss gave a good metaphor: Dinner's at 7 n the food has to be on the table at that time. the midwest skies are clear and sunny, so let your mind wander/wonder. my desk is covered in to do lists. it happens in Wisconsin.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 6, 2010

I’m the kind of cook that understands principles of food so I don’t ever use a recipe. Posted by MZA on January 6, 2010 at 10:12 am | permalink | Reply Yes, it's called "Good Eats" and it's on the Food network. Food for thought. Some of my kind fans have nominated me for travel and food). Bon Apetit!

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Although I have to tell you that I think it's a good title for SEO (search engine optimization). You seem to be cursed with an immunity to the 'social instinct' That is, you forego the easy assimilation into society's prevalent coping mechanisms: TV, Facebook, lots of bad food, etc. Thanks for the insight, Kerry.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Most people with Asperger’s, even if they are geniuses at, say, engineering (which is very common ) get in trouble mid-career for lack of social skills. I don't read Mommy blogs unless you count Pioneer Woman's recipe blog and that's about food for the most part. Don't you have an engine to tune up?

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

The other side of that "best of everything" coin: yes, New Yorkers have their choice of many really amazing things–food, fashion, art, etc. But then I'm an engineer so maybe I'm biased :-). Sure, I miss things like Indian or Ukrainian food, but Calgary is an easy day's drive away. Posted by Jim C.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Since it is your life I only wish I could make you some food. When I was 22 and bartending my way through engineering school I fell in love with a 35 year old stockbroker. I used to work for a major corporation in a big fancy engineering mgmt job in MSP and gave it all up to move to podunk North Dakota just to marry a farmer.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 23, 2010

I also have it on good authority that the quality of Facebook's software engineering is shite. We had to do several rounds of e-mails to deal with everyone's food and beverage restrictions — vegetarians, no gluten, no merlot — and the e-mail rounds with Reply All made it work.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I went to the top engineering school in the country. A little salt on it, ZOMG, best food on the entire *planet*. Penelope Posted by Penelope Trunk on October 22, 2009 at 12:50 pm | permalink | Reply On the food tip…being a local, I was thinking, "Congratulations! Government welfare checks and the food stamps!

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