<P> In the season seven episode "The Hesitation Ramification", Penny believes she has finally found stardom when she lands a brief role in NCIS . She is devastated when her scene is cut, but later decides it is time to focus solely on acting; she quits her job at The Cheesecake Factory to devote herself to become an actress . </P> <P> Despite usually going to her neighbors for technical assistance when she has problems with her computer, Penny does have some mechanical skills of her own . When she was a child, she rebuilt a tractor engine on the farm where she grew up and competed in a junior rodeo . </P> <P> During season eight, Penny gives up her acting career and gets a job as a salesperson at Bernadette's pharmaceutical company . The next season has Penny admitting that she hates her job flirting with her customers for sales . </P> <P> Unlike the rest of the main characters, Penny is very outgoing and assertive, and has many romantic relationships over the course of the series . She often dates, and in one way or another all the men have gone to her for dating advice . In the fourth season opener, Sheldon estimates that Penny has dated 193 men, and had sex with 31 of them . Penny strenuously denies it was ever that many . Amy asks Penny in the same conversation if, in light of her sex partners, she considers herself a "slut", Penny responds uncertainly, "No . No...No?" </P>

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