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Jodi Kantor

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“She and I have been invited to a lot of campuses to speak. And, you know, we got the journalism kids, but what we have really gotten is questions about like, like, how do I make my work life meaningful? And over those years, you know, in my reporting, I had seen this digital transformation of the workplace that's now culminating in the AI moment, but also among the young people I had seen a rising sense of dread cynicism, trepidation about the workplace that I was very concerned about. And so the speech became like”
2026-04-16 · On with Kara Swisher · Beat the Resume Bots & Build a Career You Love with Jodi Kantor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Completely. So then when I met with the students, Did such a great thing. I mean, Carrie, you and I love hard questions, right? It's like forget the easy questions. Why bother? They said to me, We don't want you to talk about Trump or Israel or Gaza or even the university administration. Many of us have come to hate. They said our class even with all of its political differences, we are united in one question, which is how do you start your life's work in this crazy environment? And the question really resonated with me. I mean, for one thing, I've covered employment for many, many years. As you know, like these big stories about Amazon and other companies, but also the Weinstein story was about employment. It's, and it was about entry-level employment, right? So many of those women were new on the job. So I had a lot to say about that. I have a 20-year-old daughter who is in this exact demographic, but also in the years since the Weinstein story, my partner Megan Tewie and I, my work partner.”
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“Like, give me those kids for 15 minutes because I was really upset to see what had happened to the school. So I said, okay, great. You know, I'm honored. I'll do it. But I just want to spend some time because this is obviously a room I need to read really carefully before giving the speech. And also, I mean, let's talk about the tension here, which is going to be throughout this graduation season. The assignment of a commencement speech is to be uplifting. If you don't do that, you have completely failed and yet that's a very hard setting and this is a very hard time to be uplifting in”
2026-04-16 · On with Kara Swisher · Beat the Resume Bots & Build a Career You Love with Jodi Kantor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So a year ago, I got this invitation that's a real honor, but also frankly kind of a problem. Columbia, where I went undergrad, asks me to give the undergraduate commencement address. And my friends are like, call in sick. Don't do it because this is peak Columbia Chaos. I mean, you remember, it's just like one disaster after another. On this canvas, and my friends were like, You're going to get booed. But something in me”
2026-04-16 · On with Kara Swisher · Beat the Resume Bots & Build a Career You Love with Jodi Kantor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“My pleasure. And I mean, I'm excited to be with you. And also, I feel like I have to stipulate. Carrie, you've given me some pretty good career advice over the years. So it's meaningful to have this conversation with you.”
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“Well, first of all, it sounds to me like a uniquely Kara Swishian thing to be able to get a job by insulting somebody. I'm not sure anybody but you could pull that off”
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