Descending the Corporate Ladder

By Rohini Venkatraman

Rohini Venkatraman's semi-autobiographical novella is a candidly introspective, wise, and witty narrative about what it means to be a young twenty-something as it is experienced: the search for a niche, companion, and purpose in life. Increasingly frustrated with how her corporate life (using buzzwords like "leverage" and "low-hanging fruit") is draining her creativity, Sabena Rao decides it's time to do those "big things" her Commencement speaker promised she would accomplish. A recreational blogger, she impulsively decides to write a book. Though she is initially discouraged that she hasn't accomplished anything worth writing about, she slowly discovers that her life is a series of chapters: being faulted when she isn't as aggressive as male coworkers; facing harassment as an Indian-American studying in France; choosing complacency with a flawed relationship over loneliness. From describing how to make friends after college to showing why quitting is not always the easy way out, this novella exposes what nobody tells you about entering the real world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484951794
• ISBN13: 9781484951798
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"