I’ve been acquainted with a girl a few years younger than me since she was a freshman in college, studying earth science of all things.
From the beginning, I told her it was not a great idea and she would have a hard time finding a job when she graduated.
This advice fell on deaf ears.
Fast-forward to four years later, she has graduated. In late July, three months after graduation, we sit down for a chat, which is dominated by her telling me about…
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Hi! I'm Monica O'Brien and I created this website in January 2008 as a place for twentysomething professionals who wanted to be a part of a personal and professional development community. Now, I've joined forces with the Brazen Careerist team to meet this goal on a larger scale. I continue to maintain this blog as a place to talk about what I'm learning as I tackle marriage, a start-up, and graduate school.

