Category: Working life

Hate 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 rushing into unemployment.…

“Investment Banking/Consulting is about moving the logos around a slide for the thirteenth time at 5am”. Formatting seems like the tired, brain-numbing BS that juniors get put through just because they’re paid an above market salary. Being in consulting, this “low-value” work genuinely annoys the crap out of me. 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 similar…

When you don’t get paid for overtime, but companies are still insistent that you spend time in the office when you have nothing to do, how is this fair? First, it is clear that most work is based on business needs, which ebb and flow as the year progresses. The lack of forecastability means that…

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 At 18, I mapped out my life with the precision of a military campaign. Before even stepping foot in Oxford, I had a 10-year plan: the societies I’d join, the internships I’d secure, and the career trajectory I’d follow. I envisioned leveraging the…

Overcommunication 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 easier for them to answer a 30 second question…