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Commencement speeches are garbage. College graduation is terrifying.

Penelope Trunk

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. Just get into a career and make it work.

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

Penelope Trunk

Caring for each other has more to do about the people who we report to and manage than the goals of the organization. If your boss comes to work every day genuinely looking to help you grow, and you do the same for the people you manage, then that's a great workplace. It can potentially lead to huge conflicts of interest.

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