Tag: Employment

4 posts

How I came to work at Bytemark

14 October 2016

At the end of September, I left my job at Bytemark where I'd worked for the previous 6 years. I'll be sharing more, about the future in due course, but I was reflecting on my path to Bytemark. I first was introduced to technology by the #manlug IRC channel, where I quickly became affiliated with the local […]

Funny interview questions: how stupid are they?

21 December 2012

I was recently debating with someone on Facebook about this article on the Top 10 Worst/Funny interview questions. My answers to the questions were: Not sure, can I use google to find out find out the volume of a golf ball, and volume of a bus? Can I just ask Bing? Some kind of consideration […]

First dabbles with Asterisk - I didn't have two computers so I had to take a photo of the help commands page just so I could come back and try things

How I sneaked into the tech industry without a degree and got my first job.

7 November 2012

When I started writing this blog post, back in 2008, I'd just got my first real job, quite an achievement by any standards, and wanted to share my experience, but I could never quite capture what I wanted to say. Those who knew me well at the time, will remember I had been actively looking […]

Serial Entrepreneurs

11 February 2009

"All entrepreneurs are serial. Otherwise you stopped being an entrepreneur and now just have a job. Or are a millionaire." — John Leach

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