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In other news I have accepted a new job for a British startup at C-Level, I start in September and I'm very excited at the prospect. There are only ~30 people at the company, I'll be the second person in at exec level. I've obviously taken a pretty drastic pay cut to do this from my finance and fintech days but for the first time in ages I'm really looking forwards to going back to work.

I think it will be about 11 months off in total spent with the family, which is the best year I've had since the year my then girlfriend (now wife) and I went travelling together for six months and got married a few months after we got back. If you can afford to take the time off, I'd highly recommend doing a year(ish) long career break and just spending the time with family and not worrying about work stuff. I'm obviously very lucky that I have earned well in my previous roles and that my wife also has a high income so I do recognise that not everyone would be able to do it.

Congratulations. What does "C-level" mean?

Chief level.

Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer etc.

Anyhoo, the best people have General in their title, such as General Counsel.

General Dogsbody?

In other news I have accepted a new job for a British startup at C-Level, I start in September and I'm very excited at the prospect. There are only ~30 people at the company, I'll be the second person in at exec level. I've obviously taken a pretty drastic pay cut to do this from my finance and fintech days but for the first time in ages I'm really looking forwards to going back to work.

I think it will be about 11 months off in total spent with the family, which is the best year I've had since the year my then girlfriend (now wife) and I went travelling together for six months and got married a few months after we got back. If you can afford to take the time off, I'd highly recommend doing a year(ish) long career break and just spending the time with family and not worrying about work stuff. I'm obviously very lucky that I have earned well in my previous roles and that my wife also has a high income so I do recognise that not everyone would be able to do it.

Congratulations. What does "C-level" mean?

In other news I have accepted a new job for a British startup at C-Level, I start in September and I'm very excited at the prospect. There are only ~30 people at the company, I'll be the second person in at exec level. I've obviously taken a pretty drastic pay cut to do this from my finance and fintech days but for the first time in ages I'm really looking forwards to going back to work.

I think it will be about 11 months off in total spent with the family, which is the best year I've had since the year my then girlfriend (now wife) and I went travelling together for six months and got married a few months after we got back. If you can afford to take the time off, I'd highly recommend doing a year(ish) long career break and just spending the time with family and not worrying about work stuff. I'm obviously very lucky that I have earned well in my previous roles and that my wife also has a high income so I do recognise that not everyone would be able to do it.

Congratulations. What does "C-level" mean?

Remarkable interview with a guy who managed an asylum hotel

https://x.com/djemedia_/status/1941807478519345438?s=61&t=GGp3Vs1t1kTWDiyA-odnZg

I defy anyone to watch this and NOT conclude the system is irretrievably broken, is being gamed against us, and will have to be smashed so we can start again

This is why people will take a punt with Reform in 2029. It's clear that the two major parties don't have the answers and don't have the stomach for mass deportations of illegals and halting asylum seeking. Going into the election I think if the Tories want to get anywhere they will need to make manifesto commitments to halt all asylum seeking except for those who are specifically invited to apply and deport all current and failed asylum seekers from nations who were not invited to apply with economic sanctions on the likes of Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria etc... who don't take back their citizens including blocking all visitor visa applications and halting direct and some common indirect routes to/from those countries.

Reform are surely going to make ending asylum seeking and deporting illegal immigrants the centre of their manifesto and I have no doubt that in the privacy of the polling booth it is going to be extremely popular. The government is no longer able to control the narrative on this subject now.

I wonder if Reform have the stomach for it. Millions need to go home, and that, in the end, is what will happen

But my fear is that Reform will also flinch and then a new party will arise and it might all get much darker

There aren't millions of asylum seekers in this country, so who are the millions who need to go home?

Is it people who are here on legal visas?

Is it people who migrated here and have gained citizenship?

Is it people who were born here, are citizens of here, but aren't white?

My guess would be everyone who migrated here who hasn't yet achieved citizenship..

I've met a Reform voter who thinks that Nigel Farage is a liberal. He (the Reform voter) wants to expel from the country everyone who came after 2000. Revoke citizenships....

Remarkable interview with a guy who managed an asylum hotel

https://x.com/djemedia_/status/1941807478519345438?s=61&t=GGp3Vs1t1kTWDiyA-odnZg

I defy anyone to watch this and NOT conclude the system is irretrievably broken, is being gamed against us, and will have to be smashed so we can start again

This is why people will take a punt with Reform in 2029. It's clear that the two major parties don't have the answers and don't have the stomach for mass deportations of illegals and halting asylum seeking. Going into the election I think if the Tories want to get anywhere they will need to make manifesto commitments to halt all asylum seeking except for those who are specifically invited to apply and deport all current and failed asylum seekers from nations who were not invited to apply with economic sanctions on the likes of Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria etc... who don't take back their citizens including blocking all visitor visa applications and halting direct and some common indirect routes to/from those countries.

Reform are surely going to make ending asylum seeking and deporting illegal immigrants the centre of their manifesto and I have no doubt that in the privacy of the polling booth it is going to be extremely popular. The government is no longer able to control the narrative on this subject now.

I wonder if Reform have the stomach for it. Millions need to go home, and that, in the end, is what will happen

But my fear is that Reform will also flinch and then a new party will arise and it might all get much darker

There aren't millions of asylum seekers in this country, so who are the millions who need to go home?

Is it people who are here on legal visas?

Is it people who migrated here and have gained citizenship?

Is it people who were born here, are citizens of here, but aren't white?

In other news I have accepted a new job for a British startup at C-Level, I start in September and I'm very excited at the prospect. There are only ~30 people at the company, I'll be the second person in at exec level. I've obviously taken a pretty drastic pay cut to do this from my finance and fintech days but for the first time in ages I'm really looking forwards to going back to work.

I think it will be about 11 months off in total spent with the family, which is the best year I've had since the year my then girlfriend (now wife) and I went travelling together for six months and got married a few months after we got back. If you can afford to take the time off, I'd highly recommend doing a year(ish) long career break and just spending the time with family and not worrying about work stuff. I'm obviously very lucky that I have earned well in my previous roles and that my wife also has a high income so I do recognise that not everyone would be able to do it.

Congratulations. What does "C-level" mean?

Chief level.

Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer etc.

Anyhoo, the best people have General in their title, such as General Counsel.

General Dogsbody?

General Waste - inventor of the dust bin!

Pope gone...

Another one! That was a short reign

Way too late - at least three posters did that hours ago…

But I have air conditioning where I am…

It’s about 22 deg C here. No need for air con.

At 7pm that’s pretty hot. And London is worse

Second jumper gone on in the house and thinking the heating might go on tomorrow if it gets cooler in Cumberland. Raining. Bleak. Grey. Evenings drawing in. Lights on.

My heating (a bit to the North of you) kicked in today. Thankfully before my cat had a chance to guilt-trip me into turning it on myself.

In other news I have accepted a new job for a British startup at C-Level, I start in September and I'm very excited at the prospect. There are only ~30 people at the company, I'll be the second person in at exec level. I've obviously taken a pretty drastic pay cut to do this from my finance and fintech days but for the first time in ages I'm really looking forwards to going back to work.

I think it will be about 11 months off in total spent with the family, which is the best year I've had since the year my then girlfriend (now wife) and I went travelling together for six months and got married a few months after we got back. If you can afford to take the time off, I'd highly recommend doing a year(ish) long career break and just spending the time with family and not worrying about work stuff. I'm obviously very lucky that I have earned well in my previous roles and that my wife also has a high income so I do recognise that not everyone would be able to do it.

Congratulations. What does "C-level" mean?

Chief level.

Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer etc.

Anyhoo, the best people have General in their title, such as General Counsel.

Nah

Analyst is better

Best title I have heard of was a guy at Shell.

He was Head of Knowledge.

Fucking know-it-all... But you'd want him on your pub quiz team.

I once met a guy at a party whose job title was something like "Chief Crossword Setter". He didn't believe me when I got all excited and thought I was taking the p*ss.