Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk

Penelope Trunk is a career columnist at the Boston Globe. Her syndicated column has run in more than 200 publications. Earlier, she was a software executive, and then she founded two companies. She has been through an IPO, an acquisition and a bankruptcy. Before that she played professional beach volleyball. Her book is Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success (Warner, May 2007). more ...

Her Posts


• Living up to your potential is BS


• Why you have more trouble with silence than with chatter


• Twentysomething: 7 reasons why my generation is more productive than yours


• Five signs that your career is about to get vapid


• The entrepreneur's guide to a good divorce settlement


• Five things that are about to stop sucking at work


• Job hunt tip: The mentor matters more than the company


• Three bad career questions people ask me all the time


• Figure out how much you should be paid (and three cheers for transparent salaries)


• Gen X are the revolutionaries (and the NYT coverage of shared care stinks)