27 Quotes by Marty Nemko

If it's a technical position and they've got skill and competency requirements, you can't fake that,

I suspect that it's going to be tempting to throw out this resume because I don't have a bachelor's degree. I made a conscious choice to do my learning in the real world. I've done things that I never could have done if I had been sitting in a class. I'm a go-getter, but now we've reached the moment of truth. Will you interview me?

Too often jobs are sitting in front of a terminal 8 hours a day, ... This one has a human component as well.

You want to be seen as an up-and-comer, not the stereotypical young slacker.

I'm one of the many people for whom coffee helps but often, inattention is a symptom of something else: for example, that you're not getting six to eight hours of sleep.

A half-hour before bedtime, I remind myself that I now deserve to prepare myself for a good night's sleep. You can't focus on your work if you're sleep-deprived even if you have a fascinating job.

You need to create a 30-minute buffer between the end of your work time and sleep time.

Being sleep-derived not only hurts you at work, it hurts your health. You need to value yourself enough to have good sleep hygiene.

Senescence is an inevitability. All we can do is try to strike the balance between graceful acceptance and raging against the dying light.