March 8, 2021

Career panel topics for cisgender heterosexual white men

While this list was written with an American audience in mind, we found quite a few of them relatable—and we think you will too.

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I Failed Up and You Can Too

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It’s Lit: Why You Can—and Should—Appropriate Slang In Your Emails

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Do You Need a 401k? Managing That Extra Money You Earn From the Pay Gap

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Start-Up But Dress Down: There’s a Flannel for Every Occasion

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How to Disrupt an Industry Without Disrupting Yourself

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Making Your Work/Video Game/Rock-Climbing Balance a Reality

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Proper Breathing Techniques for Talking for 10 Uninterrupted Minutes

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Standing Up for What’s Right: Demanding a Standing Desk

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How to Find the Right Mentor Your Dad Went to College With

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Hard Conversations About Diversity in Your Kitchen Snacks

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Imposter Syndrome: What Is It, and Why Is Your Girlfriend Always Talking About It?

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Yes, And: Bringing Humor to the Workplace By Making Whatever Jokes You Want and If Someone Says They’re Offensive Explain That You Were Just Kidding and Can’t They Take a Joke? It’s Not Like You Really Mean That, You’re Not a Person Who Believes Those Things, You’re Being Really Uncool About This

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Crisis Management: Tweeting Through It

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You Too? How to Write the Perfect NDA So You Don’t Get Me Too’d

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Abusing Your Power and Wasting Whatever Potential You Might Have Had: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Neumann, Jonah Peretti, Jack Dorsey, Peter Thiel, In Conversation, Moderated by Steve Jobs From Beyond the Grave

This article was originally published on McSweeney’s.

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Lana Schwartz

Lana Schwartz is a writer who was born and raised in New York City, where she continues to live today. You can find her writing on The New Yorker, The Hairpin, The Toast, and more. Her new book Build Your Own Romantic Comedy is available in stores now. 

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