Volume 1, Issue 24
Who I’m Learning From…
Out of Office by Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Peterson
This has been one of those reads that has me doing a lot of writing as well—in the margins, on the fly-leaf, in my journal. Not quite on the walls. But it’s a book that doesn’t let you be a spectator. It hosts a lot of conversational voices and pulls you into multilogue.
This movie is a bit of a knock-off of The Big Short, and there’s a lot more script than there is action. But it does show early-career professionals and their more seasoned colleagues struggling with what vocation means. One character says, “I made almost a quarter of a million dollars last year...for what... pushing some numbers around on a computer screen, so a bunch of glorified crack addicts could take that information and pretend to understand it…”
This is not a political newsletter. But the January 6 hearings have made visible what is often overlooked: the indispensable standpoint of young professionals.
Many thanks to the group that joined me for this video to discuss work and life for early- and mid-career professionals. Let me know what you think—and what questions you’d like to ask in our next panel! - Craig
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