by Jamie Miles | Jul 26, 2020 | Stories & Essays
It was the summer of 2012 and in a few minutes, I would be cancelling my flight to China. ‘We would love to have you’ read the email that had chimed in my inbox moments earlier, ‘Can you arrive in a week?’. The message was from a lady in Tokyo. There are two important...
by Jamie Miles | Jul 19, 2020 | Stories & Essays
“Do you use your degree at work?” It’s a fair question as we don’t have the luxury of spending a fortune on a degree that’s decorative. It should be functional, too. So, was my degree a chocolate teapot? It turns out what I learned during...
by Jamie Miles | Jul 12, 2020 | Stories & Essays
Some times taking the less obvious path is the right move. ‘Can I leave after 5 weeks?’ is an unrecommended way to end a job interview, but that’s how I wrapped up mine back in 2015. I was due to start my Software Engineering job at Kano, but I needed some money to...
by Jamie Miles | Jul 5, 2020 | Stories & Essays
Inertia’s a funny thing. Back when I was 14, I decided to give up something for three months for New Year’s. The choice was obvious: fizzy drinks. They’d become a staple, and at 14 it felt like a true test of will power. 3 months passed, and I found...
by Jamie Miles | Jun 21, 2020 | Stories & Essays
‘Is this another one of your phases?’ would be my dad’s go-to challenge when I was a kid. Like how thunder always follows lightning, my dad’s question would always follow from me sharing my latest obsession – Pokemon, martial arts, building my own house out of...
