Pamela Mitchell
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And I said to him, well, I'm sorry I couldn't come up with the answer off the top of my head, but I'm responsible for this knowledge, so I'll review my notes before class.
But the rules say that if I have a B or better in statistics, that you're supposed to waive me from this intro class.
And he says, well, I don't care about the rules.
You haven't proven to me that you know this subject, so I'm not waiving you.
And with that, I was dismissed.
It took a trip to the dean of students as well as the chair of the department in order for me to get that waiver.
And although I made a formal complaint against that professor, the lesson was clear.
It doesn't matter that you have a transcript from Harvard.
You still have to prove yourself.
So I left and graduated and came to New York.
began my standard resume building career although because it was me it had to be the gold standard of course and so I worked on Wall Street for five years and decided I wanted to change into entertainment so I was talking to all the right companies ESPN Bravo Nickelodeon but you know Playboy made the best offer it was the best
title and the best money and, well, you know, the most interesting job.
And in 1998, I became vice president of international for Playboy.com.
And interesting it was.
And dealing with clients was very different, too.
Part of my job was to tell them what they could do under the brand in their local overseas markets.
And at Discovery Channel, this was mostly just telling them what animals they could have on the video box art.
But at Playboy, I get these calls from my Dutch client, Pamela, Pamela.