ESPN The Magazine EIC Alison Overholt Recalls Her KPMG Career Blues
“It took me approximately five minutes to realize that I'd made a horrible mistake."
Upon graduating from Harvard in 1998, Alison Overholt opted for the safer path. Unlike many of her peers, who were choosing at the time unpaid media internships or low-paying reporter jobs with regional newspapers, Overholt accepted a job with consulting firm KPMG.
She realized, immediately, that this decision was a mistake. In the turbulent aftermath, one particular publication helped her get through it. From her “Get That Life” essay in Cosmopolitan:
I was really unhappy. I would get my work done as soon as I could and sit in my cubicle and read magazines, especially Fast Company.
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