Category: Working life

Feel like you’ve outgrown your job and thinking of moving on? We’ve all been there. Around the one-year mark, I found myself in the same situation. I realised I would need to make a change sooner or later, so I thought, why not sooner? But there’s a fine line between making a timely move and…

“Investment Banking/Consulting is about moving the logos around a slide for the thirteenth time at 5am”. Formatting seems like the tired, brain-numbing manual labour that juniors get put through just because they’re paid an above market salary. Being in consulting, this “low-value” work annoyed me to no end initially. With bigger, more strategic challenges on…

Elon Musk famously claims to sleep and live in his factories to work longer hours and drive his companies forward. This relentless dedication has paid off for him; he is now one of the wealthiest people on the planet. However, the same can’t be said for everyone. Take Nico Murillo, for example. He followed a…

The Why Entrepreneurship Takes Time While the allure of starting your own business is strong, it’s essential to recognize that entrepreneurial ambitions often take a long time to come to fruition, if they succeed at all. Building a successful business requires time, effort, and resilience. By maintaining a job while working on your side hustle,…

“For the loser now will be later to win” – Bob Dylan A few months after I received my Oxford offer letter, I mapped out my life with great precision. While awaiting matriculation, I planned the societies I’d join, the internships I’d secure, and the career trajectory I’d follow. I envisioned leveraging the Oxford Alpha…

Bias towards over-communication Do not be afraid of asking questions. The cardinal rule in being a newbie is to be always asking questions whenever you are not sure, but to ask Google and ChatGPT before turning to a colleague or manager. Remember, your job is to make your manager’s job easier. It is a lot…