Get moving. I did and you can too. I wrote this letter to my brother-in-law over a year ago. With the explosion of web startups and tech interest it seemed like the appropriate time to share it with the wider world. Hey dude, I hope you’re well and that I can give you some good […]
5 tips to supercharge your startup job search
Although applying for jobs is not the most enjoyable activity, applying to startups can actually be really fun. It’s an opportunity to express your quirky personality or sense of humour. The person hiring at Startup A (very unlikely having anything to do with HR) wants to picture you as a future member of his team, […]
How to look for a job without knowing what job you want
There will come a time when you need to get a job but you don’t know exactly what kind of job, what industry or even what function you’re looking for. This can make the job hunt seem like an impossible process. Following this technique you can overcome this problem and find the right job for […]
4 reasons I chose a startup after graduating
Everyone knows there’s a major stigma around startups. Your parents might see it as a very insecure way to kickstart your career – that if 76% of startups fail there’s no way you’ll have a job in a few years or that unlimited holidays could ever be a reality. Naturally any employee would abuse that […]
10 startup misconceptions
Working in the world of startups can become such a major part of your life that you forget what it’s like to talk to people who really don’t get it. I can’t tell you how many times someone has said to me, “Oh wow, you can code? That’s awesome!”. Seriously? No, I don’t work as […]
10 valuable life lessons from Rebecca Parsons, CTO of ThoughtWorks
I had the great pleasure of seeing Rebecca Parsons speak this week about her career path and valuable lessons she’s learned along the way to becoming chief technology officer of ThoughtWorks. Apart from the really cool fact that she’s a woman CTO at a global IT consulting company, she’s a huge inspiration in general for […]