When hiring somebody, I never ask to see a curriculum vitae. I feel that since I didn't have one myself, it would be a bit presumptuous to ask to see anyone else's.
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Resume? I wish I had a resume. And if I did, I wouldn't scrub anything from it. Who cares?
I think if you were to look at my resume in total you would see a lot of things that are kind of all over the map.
When you have a brilliant idea, nobody is going to ask to see your diploma.
I can always tell if someone's from Harvard because they trot out their vitae. I would die at Harvard.
What we look for are people that are technically competent. You need a background in a scientific field, whether it's as a scientist, an engineer, medical doctor, or, you know, a person that's in the military with some kind of technical background.
No one has a resume that they are 100% comfortable with, nor does anyone have a life that they are 100% comfortable with.
I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don't see on my CV. The stuff that doesn't work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
Here's what my CV usually does not say: I was trained as a teacher. My first job lasted less than 60 days. I was an assistant professor at a good college at Delhi University, but I found it very political, very suffocating. At the age of 23, you're not very tolerant of those things.
There is more to life than a job. I didn't ever want to look back and point to a bookshelf of videotapes and say, 'That's been my life.' It's so much easier to write a resume than it is to craft a spirit.
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