The gap between your expertise and your reputation is silence.
I spent ten years inside EU research ecosystems. I know what it costs to stay invisible. This is where I think out loud about writing, career architecture, and the open secrets nobody says in public.
My Italian teacher once called my writing "horrors." Not errors. Horrors.
I filed that away and went back to my equations. I became an environmental engineer. A decade in wastewater research, EU proposals, innovation consulting. I got very good at the technical work. And I stayed invisible.
Then one summer I committed to writing on LinkedIn every single day for 90 days. The fear was there on day one. It was there on day 45. It was still there on day 90.
I wrote anyway. Here is what I've learned since.
— Michele
EXPOSE
Systems that hide the truth
Grant-chasing, AI secrets, the silence norm in technical professions
My Italian teacher once called my writing "horrors." Not errors. Horrors.
I filed that away and went back to my equations. I became an environmental engineer. A decade in wastewater research, EU proposals, innovation consulting. I got very good at the technical work. And I stayed invisible.
Then one summer I committed to writing on LinkedIn every single day for 90 days. The fear was there on day one. It was there on day 45. It was still there on day 90.
I wrote anyway. Here is what I've learned since.
— Michele
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Grant-chasing, AI secrets, the silence norm in the technical profession
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Writing as career architecture. Voice before strategy.
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Journal, expat-life: the long composting before the page.