Ask HN: What's the gist of Penelope Trunk for the ill informed?

1 point·villageidiot··6 comments

Saw her mentioned on a thread here and didn't want to pollute the air with my ignorance. From my Wiki search I find this: "As a career adviser, Trunk realizes that a bio is not so much factual as aspirational." Is that a fair summary of her advice?

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She's female, talks dirty/sexual and has a book: http://www.amazon.com/Brazen-Careerist-New-Rules-Success/dp/... (That covers the famous part)

That being said - i think large parts of her advice are worth considering at least.. not sure about them being iron-clad rules - but some of her work is worth a read.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=426786

If she's so bad, why is she so popular? Aren't there enough bad blogs to choose from? Or is there a shortage of career advice on the web?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=penelope+trunk

If you don't want to participate in this discussion, find another one, Gordon.

I liked your initial premise, "didn't want to pollute the air with my ignorance". Usually that beautiful sentiment precedes someone diligently informing themselves. But then you asked others to summarize things for you!

I thought that was a funny enough juxtaposition to deserve a lighthearted response. (I also think the lmgtfy.com website animation is well done, and its tone a nice step up from the pioneer in that market, justfuckinggoogleit.com.)

Sorry you didn't appreciate it, Village. I bet Penelope Trunk would say: "Lighten up!"

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