"When I got the invitation, my friends were like, call in sick. Don't go. You're going to get booed. But my response was a little different. I felt like, give me those kids for 15 minutes because I'm a mom and I'm a Columbia alum, and I was just concerned about the level of negativity and rancor."
"The students gave me an incredible assignment. They said, we chose you because of your career, and our entire class - no matter our political differences - we are actually unified in anxiety over one question, which is, in this crazy environment, how do we find and start our life's work?"
"I had been speaking to students for years, visiting a lot of campuses, and what I understood was that their question was generational. The workplace is changing. It's becoming digitized."
Jodi Kantor delivered a commencement address at Columbia University during a tumultuous time marked by protests and funding cuts. Faced with student anxiety about starting their careers, she felt compelled to address their concerns. The students' unified question about finding their life's work in a changing workplace led Kantor to develop insights that became the foundation for her book, 'How To Start.' This work offers guidance for navigating career challenges in uncertain environments.
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