by Jamie Miles | Aug 9, 2020 | Stories & Essays
Giving away my blood had always been on my list. The list, one that I maintain to this day, was the product of asking myself the question, ‘What would the man I want to be do?’, and, in this instance, the enthusiastic voice in my head replied, ‘Give away your blood’....
by Jamie Miles | Aug 2, 2020 | Stories & Essays
The day had started well but by its end, I would be homeless for the night. During my internship in Japan, I’d managed to sneak in some backpacking with two of my fellow interns, and today we were exploring the beauty of Kyoto in the summer. It was only after I had...
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...
