Advice from the perspective of Intellectual History

Nick Sarantakes has a blog titled "In the Service of Clio." The point of it is clear by the subtitle, "Essays on  Career Management in the Historical Profession." He has a series entitled "Eight Questions," in which he poses the same eight questions to different people from different subfields of history. He contacted me a few weeks ago to give some advice from the perspective of an early career person in Intellectual History. I was surprised to be chosen, but pleased to offer a few of the things I've noticed having traveled thus far through the profession. Several of the things I noted came from my experience writing for and reading this blog. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts. Here's my column.