Ive replied to the last few comments on the last post, so here goes..... As requested - go nuts in the comment box below; I'll check in after a few days. Let's keep this anonymous as per - however, if If you want to ask something but would prefer your question and my reply to remain private, the blog needs some way of contacting you back. My best guess would be to create a separate email address that isn't associated with your usual identity? That way, we can have a private /

Paris is the city of cafés, balconies, boulangeries, little streets that somehow look like they've been designed specifically for a film, and apartments with tall windows overlooking something impossibly French. Paris is the European city of angles And then you actually try to rent a place. Fucking nightmare. I've done it before. A few years ago, I had to navigate the Paris rental market myself, and it was one of those experiences that completely destroys the fantasy of simpl

You might recall I wasn't exactly feeling this trip when it was first mentioned. I'd only ever met the team I was going to lead virtually. They seemed nice enough, but trying to get a proper read on a team that reports into you through Teams is... weird. Remote working is amazing, but there are some things you simply can't work out through a screen. My boss is in the US and I only catch up with him every couple of weeks, so I've been left to fend for myself quite a lot. So ye