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Letter from the Editor: The Beauty of Indirect Trajectories

June 1, 2021 by Karen Panetta

There is a predominant myth that the path to success is the shortest line between two points. Although mathematically this is true, it doesn’t mean it is true for our lives. Unfortunately, myths and fiction have longer lifelines than facts. Every successful woman we have ever profiled in IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine has never followed any direct trajectory. Everyone’s career path is as diverse as our interests, life experiences, and personal goals.

For more about this article see link below. 

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9424738

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Karen Panetta

Karen Panetta (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in computer engineering from Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, in 1985, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Northeastern University, Boston, in 1987 and 1994, respectively.

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