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The Alternative Career Matrix

Paid? Realistic? Training Time? Mortgage? Is it a steady job? Creative? Fun? Policeman Yes No Two years? Yes Yes (always) No unknown Teacher Yes, mostly No One year + one year yes Sometimes could be… I hate kids Accountant Yes No 5 years? yes Mostly No Audit, maybe Bike Courier low no n/a but legs [...]

On Mavernship (part one: rafts and curves)

Part one of some, in which you can read me espousing in a generalised year-end type way. The other day, a very clever man explained to me about careers and learning curves. He was saying that every two years we complete another learning curve, take a look around at the career we’ve been having, and [...]