Goodness… what a year it has been. Of course I connote year in the most student way possible which equates to roughly 8 months. Let’s be cheap about this – a University year for some does average out to about 2 weeks of solid work. Oh, who seriously believes that drivel? The majority of people I know at University work very hard, probably harder than some adults in the so-called “real world”. For... 

Those of you who follow my Twitter feed will know that over the last couple of weeks I have mentioned interviews and inevitably tweeted a string of grumbles that comes from travelling into a busy city, London. One of the companies I had an interview with was Microsoft. At 7:15pm last Wednesday I got an unexpected call from a lady at Microsoft informing me that I had managed to get the job. I have to... 

I really don’t think University properly prepares you for the working world. The “real world” as people who wear blue collared shirts like to explain is tough. No matter how confident I am with my own skills and abilities there are always discussions which seem to just dishearten. It is quite difficult to listen to somebody who explains that only their world is the real one, the tricky one and...