I really deserved that.

I've got a telephone interview tomorrow for an IT commercial team coordinator, does anyone have any buzzwords I can use?

My confidence is a bit shot at the moment really, I've had 5 interviews since around May last year when I realised I really didn't enjoy my current role anymore, but yeah didn't get any of them!

I'm glad it's a phone interview though as I can't stand zoom ones! Want to go back to face to face interviews soon, that was my strength as I've got a great memory and could go into an interview with no notes and be fine. Seems redundant now as people can just have sticky notes on their screens.

"agile"
"Continuous improvement"
"Insight"

Well, I have a second interview next week, thanks for your help!

Also if you don’t feel sick about elevating your contribution you’re being too humble.

Fuck that question "What is your weakness." I totally forgot about it and sat in silence for about 5 seconds. I then told them I'm really scatty in my thoughts and it makes me start too many things at one time. As a result I've learnt to write lists of every task I require and structure them in order or priority. 

They ate that shit up like caramel.

The weakness question is pure piss.

I actually find it quite useful these days, I can say that I have dyspraxia, it affects my organisational skills, that certain types of tasks may take me longer than other people but that I’ve mostly learnt strategies to deal with it and that deals with disclosing my disability right at the start of my employment so any potential employer cannot say that they weren’t warned.

Of course, I’m not sure many people still ask it these days, we don’t, all it usually does is allow people to provide a pat answer that they prepared beforehand.

I’d definitely point out that we could be going into a recession right now. Starting a business with staff overhead would be a risky move even if you have cash.

There’s plenty of times I’ve wished i was on the other side of the payroll for sure.

I’m too old and too heavily mortgaged to take the risk, I think. I’ve chosen the nice house over independence.

Fucking hell, that sounds quite Tory, doesn’t it?

I don't know why you'd want to run a business. When I go home I don't even think about work. All my work emails go to my work laptop which I leave at work. You run a business and you're always working or worrying.

Fuck that

A lot of self employed people have gone to staff since the pandemic
It's what is massaging the employment figures Johnson keeps banging on about.

I've done it.

Running a business where you are responsible for the livelihood of staff is huge. Those who do it well are a special breed.

As to Scots question as to why there are many reasons beyond the hopeful financial benefits, which for most business owners take years to come to fruition. The reality is running a business with staff is a massive responsibility and cash flow is really all that matters.

My reason was I was trying to do something a bit different with the web agency model and also in the early days of rock star web devs who were all appearing in TED talks and writing books on proper coding practices, I think me and my business partner considered ourselves good enough to do something similar.

It never happened, and with 1 in 3 businesses going to the wall in less than three years I think we had a good shot at 5. But it never really got big enough. And it was hard work. I wouldn’t have the energy now. Lots of late nights lots of juggling not only projects but admin, invoices, office space, clients, kit and more. Was it worth it? Probably not but at the time I enjoyed the challenge and the relative freedom it brought.

As a LTD company contractor, I find it a happy medium between “permie” stability and independence. Best of both worlds.