“My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing.” KnowsFirstsJobsHouseMy OwnPayKnow HowCostMembersConceptsCourtClubsTennisGradesMilkEmbarrassingClaySweepingYachtSixth GradeBmwTennis Courts Author:Chloe Sevigny
“A lot of jobs today are being automated; what happens when you extend that concept to very important areas of society like law enforcement? What happens if you start controlling the behavior of criminals or people in general with software-running machines? Those questions, they look like they're sci-fi but they're not.” PeopleIfsLooksImportantHappensRunningTodayJobsLawBehaviorConceptsAreasMachinesCriminalsSoftwareSci FiLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Jose Padilha
“I like to think of my best moment on the job as quiet victories. Victories over what? Over the "system", over the various bureaucracies not watching me, over my colleagues' indifference, over my patron's ignorance, over the very concept of horn-blowing pride.” ThinkingMomentsJobsSuccessIgnorancePrideVictoryQuietConceptsVariousIndifferenceColleaguesBureaucracyHornsPatronBest Moments Author:Paul Lester Wiener
“The concept of time, as it’s commonly understood by normal people with normal jobs and normal goddamn lives, doesn’t exist on the road. The nights spread out like the dark, godforsaken highways that distinguish them, and the days run together like Thanksgiving dinner smothered in gravy. You never really know where you are or what time it is, and the outside world starts to fade away. It’s cool.” PeopleKnowsWorldRunningTogetherJobsNightDarkNormalUnderstoodConceptsSpreadDinnerWhere You AreFadesHighwaysOutside WorldFade AwayGravyThanksgiving DinnerConcept Of Time Book:How to Kill a Rock Star Source: How to Kill a Rock Star
“People aren't very good listeners, by nature. Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done.” PeopleIfsTryingIdeasDoneMomentsJobsRememberUnderstandingSimpleConceptsComplexesVery GoodCaptureListenersRecognizingFew WordsCommunicatorsGood Listener Author:Mike Tomlin
“writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.” WorldWritingJobsConceptsBridgesTribesFrustratingChasms Author:Fannie Hurst