Emily Oster on Turning Rejection into Redirection

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Before Emily Oster became a go-to parenting expert, she was an econ professor waiting on a tenure decision at the University of Chicago. While waiting, she published Expecting Better, a book that moms-to-be consider to be a parenting Bible. She got rejected for tenure, then spent over a decade believing the book was a “professional mistake”. Parents everywhere beg to differ. Listen as Emily shares how she moved past the disappointment – and why it actually turned out to be the best thing for her career. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Emily shares: Her weekly mileage as a marathoner (our legs are shaking) Why she refers to herself as a “vagina economist” How her kids react when she tells them she’s a “parenting expert” Why she doesn’t shy away from disagreements around her research Who’ll benefit most from ParentData’s newest vertical Follow Emily on Instagram: @profemilyoster Follow Carly and Danielle on Instagram: @carlyanddanielle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Blue Skies. Hello moving onwards and upwards. Hello taking control of your money. Say hello to tax-free investing. Open a Stocks and shares ICER and act by the 5th of April to get 100 to 3,000 pounds cash back. Cargreaves lands down. Hello Life. Register and add or transfer 10,000 pounds plus.
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0:30.6	And what I will say, which is very interesting, is until about three years ago, I think I would have said writing and expecting better was a professional
0:41.5	mistake. I haven't told three years ago. Something like that, yeah. I'm Carly Zakin, and I'm Danielle
0:48.9	Weissberg. Welcome to nine to five-ish with the skin. We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed
0:58.3	advice, and we got it from women who'd been there.
1:02.4	And that's what we're bringing you with this show.
1:04.5	Each week, we're helping you get what you want out of your career by talking to the smartest
1:08.9	leaders we know.
1:09.8	Because we know your work life is a lot more than nine to five.
1:14.6	All right, let's get into it.
1:18.3	Hi, everyone. Today, my guest is Emily Oster, who I'm excited to share is with me in studio.
1:24.7	This is a big day for nine to five-ish. We are also joined by a virtual audience from our
1:30.4	Skin Plus community for this special live taping of 9 to 5-ish in studio. Skin Plus, for those of you
1:37.6	that don't know yet, is our membership community. And basically, it's where confidence and clarity come together on the big
1:45.9	decisions that you are facing across your life. And we get to have great events like this, more to
1:53.5	come. With that, I want to talk about Emily. Emily is the founder and CEO of Parent Data,
2:00.5	a platform that provides data-driven resources on pregnancy, parenting, and more.
2:05.6	And as I read through this introduction, I also realize that most of you listening and who are in this live recording probably know who Emily is because I, for one, have gone to her for most of my pregnancy
2:19.9	and parenting advice.
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