[prawn]

During high school, I strongly remember what seemed like the entirety of career advice provided just before we selected the key subjects that would dictate which university/college courses we could apply for. There was a bland jobs guide book. We laughed at "crane chaser" and "cheese maker". Then we all stumbled forwards with no idea what we were doing.

Austen Allred had a tweet recently about how dangerous it is to get career advice purely from your parents. My parents are fantastically supportive, but I've ended up in a tech/software industry that they would've been oblivious to during their lives/careers. I could've definitely received far better and stronger advice during pivotal years. I made a misguided university choice, quit after six months, then stuffed around for a few years before starting the business that I still run 20 years later.