Young Professionals: How To Navigate Your Future In Cannabis

The Interview

“Where do you see yourself in five years?” Cue blank stare and mild internal panic. This is possibly the most cliché question to be asked in a modern day job interview, but a question nevertheless, that I have not once been able to answer honestly as a young professional seeking to be in the cannabis industry.

I can’t tell the interviewer that I can see myself starting my own commercial marijuana business, pending full legalization in California. Actually, I definitely can’t even mention marijuana, at all, in any context. Even if I use the correct term, “cannabis,” I’ll probably get an Excuse me? and then I’ll have to say “marijuana” to clarify. The word just sounds awful in my head; I can practically feel the judgment radiating from the seat opposite me, though I’ve still said nothing and the interviewer has said nothing.

I start to sweat and desperately try to come...

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