Matteo Godi - Where Is He Now ...

 Former clerk for current SOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Matteo Godi had already been working as an associate (start date January 2021) at prestigious Paul, Weiss when Politico broke a story in February 2022. It was how Godi: 

" ... embarked on a Wikipedia editing spree over the past week, bolstering the page of his former boss while altering the pages of her competitors in an apparent attempt to invite liberal skepticism ..."

Well, despite that development Godi managed to hold onto his job at PW. I had a hunch why but I was a features, not investigative, journalist so I couldn't dig up sources to confirm. Twice I contacted Godi for a statement. Once he hung up on me. The other time no response.

In July 2025 Godi moved on from PW to being Assistant Professor at USC Gould School of Law. Here is his LinkedIn Profile documenting that change. 

So, that's where he landed. And again he faces having to start all over again in climbing the ladder. Just a different one. And probably tougher than the one practicing law in an elite firm. 

My first career path had been academia. It's a heavily competitive environment with a very limited number of slots. So many of us knowledge-worker types long to be in that rarified setting. There conversations are peppered with what infuriates in the real world. For example:

That's a good question

Reframe that question

Let's clear the ground for fresh speculation

Thought leadersship is going to hell in a handbasket

In my coaching I warn job searchers in business never to use those phrases. They are the kiss of death in interviews. The tone is arrogant and out-of-touch with the current pressures in struggling to produce a profit. 

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Thrown off your game, maybe the first time since you started working? You made all the right moves and then the world moved in another direction.

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