Vint Cerf Quotes

When somebody is enthusiastic about a job opportunity - but gives off the feeling that this is not the only one they have on the table - they become more seductive in the employer's eyes. You become more desirable because it shows that you're making a conscious and thoughtful decision for the right reasons.

Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week.

When I was deciding whether or not to take the job at Celine, I didn't really look at the history of the house. I had other offers to come back, but they weren't right, or they wouldn't let me stay in London, which was non-negotiable.

I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

I don't believe in traditional company structures because the best ideas do not always come from the top.

My daughter, I'm proud to say, is senior vice president of ABC Family network. She could hire and fire me. She has hired me, but she has not fired me.

A lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, 'Boy, that's interesting. Let's add some more engineers.'

I consistently run into young adults who have quickly turned away from traditional jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big like Mark Zuckerberg, but I also believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than working in one.

Never turn down a job you haven’t been offered.

Well, any time they would like to take over this job, they can have it.

'Founder' is a state of mind, not a job description, and if done right, even CEOs who join after day 1 can become founders.

I call them associates; I don't like the word 'employee.'

Depending on the level you're at in your company, the higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.

I think it's like any other job. If you want an extension as a reporter or a media guy or whatever you want to do, I think you are going to open up your ears to talking about a raise or whatever it might be. I'm in the same position.

I spent the first 18 years of my career at AT&T, and it was a wonderful place that kept me moving all the time. I mean, I started off as entry level a position as you can get at AT&T.

After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people take most new jobs: fancier title, higher pay, opportunities for advancement.

We live in a capitalist society. I think if anyone, in any field, was approached and someone said, 'Hi! You know that job you are already doing? Would you like to do it next week for quadruple your normal pay?' Show me one person who would say no.

I've never had a huge contract.

When NBC told me I got the job, I asked, 'Can we do it from New York?' There was just silence on the phone

Being a tech company has to be about a pattern of repetitive innovation.

Have you ever been offered a job by a poor person? No one has.

Nintendo, as a company, prides itself on doing things differently.

Most people see a job offer from Google as a victory, and I should have seen it that way. I should have at least seen the salary that way.

It's core to Amazon's culture that we want to innovate and think big, and it's great to be at a place like that.