Transferable Skills: Tales of a Mafioso Nerd: The Compelling Story of How I survived my Mother and The Mafia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798290499093)

HE WAS THE PREPPY CORPORATE STRATEGIST. HE WAS ALSO THE MOB'S MOST TRUSTED NERD.

The author's youth can be described as a crucible of hypervigilance and strategic subterfuge, honed survival aptitudes developed through the ages of 5 and 15. While spending sometimes 40 weekends a year with his German Orthodox Jewish grandparents; living within the Holocaust Survivors Community. these skills became the coin of an extraordinary dual existence. In "Transferable Skills: Tales of a Mafioso Nerd", Erik Grob unveils a cinematic, no holds bared autobiography of stark contrasts.

He chronicles a journey from a youth fractured by daily emotional abuse of his mentally ill mother and entangled in teenage white-collar crime, to a precarious balancing act between two opposing selves:

• An educated wet behind the ears Corporate IT Strategist
• The trusted confidant of a powerful mafia underboss.

Central to his narrative is the potent concept of "transferable skills"-childhood survival aptitudes that blossom into remarkable utility in unforeseen arenas. This autobiography can leave reader asking themselves, "What are my own transferable skills - what and when were they developed?" Such self introspection can certainly was cathartic. The author, a Generation X kid, growing up in North Jersey in the 1980's - the height of local mob activity, Grob states that his autobiography, "....[the book] is a far cry from The Sopranos, Goodfellas, or The Godfather, just read the first chapter." So that's what we did - click Read Sample and you'll find that the first chapter is available in its entirety.

Author: Erik Grob
ISBN-13: 9798290499093
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2025
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d