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...
by Jamie Miles | Jun 14, 2020 | Stories & Essays
Many of your will be graduating into the slosh that is the current employment market. While the front doors to most companies are shut, the back doors are wide-open to those with the will to create their own opportunities rather than waiting for something to...
by Jamie Miles | Jun 7, 2020 | Stories & Essays
Like many others in 2014, I sat eight three-hour exams as part of my Oxford finals. Thats 24 hours worth of mental sprinting that would be scrutinised, judged, and distilled into a degree representing the effort I’d poured into my academic career – a career that...
