I saw a post from Sukh Pabial on LinkedIn this week about his year of searching for a full-time role. I’d encourage you to read it. It is honest, it is well put, and it has resonated with hundreds of people. One paragraph caught me. He described a lot of CV advice being shared as… Read More CV Tosh
You might have seen I wrote about a Penalty Charge Notice the other week. Interestingly, within 24 hours of posting, Waltham Forest confirmed the vehicle had a valid permit and the escalated Charge Certificate has been withdrawn. The ward councillor escalated it to officers, and it was resolved almost immediately. But I want to stay with the… Read More Process Failure
Another in the occasional series where I take a quiet look at the things which annoy, irritate and get my goat. This time, it’s a follow-up to a post from five years ago about the things on LinkedIn that manage to be both irritating and oddly successful. Performative vulnerability“Three years ago I was broke, burnt… Read More What Grinds My Gears – LinkedIn (2026 Edition)
Waltham Forest Council issued my wife a PCN for entering a School Streets zone. She had a valid permit, and their own system confirmation said so. I submitted formal representations to the published email address within the statutory window and attached the valid permit. I didn’t get an acknowledgement, so I chased, but still nothing.… Read More Something personal
I have written about this before; I have clinical anxiety that is managed with medication and CBT, but it’s still there. It doesn’t go away, and it’s part of who I am. I had a conversation recently that reminded me why I post about this. Because people look at me and don’t see it. They… Read More Fine Is Complicated
Lost and Desperate 