For someone who confesses "mediocre GCSE levels," boy can he write. And notwithstanding how I hate false modesty as much as the next person, I'd love to have him on my team.
Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad you appreciated my writing.
False modesty wasn’t my intention, I’ll do better to explain myself next time. I didn’t mean to address any view of my own competence, more that I was able to build a successful career without going through conventional channels, and with an anxiety disorder. I was by all accounts, a drop out with mental health problems.
My writing skills come from a career in writing government policy documents and stakeholder communications. Not formal education channels.
> My writing skills come from a career in writing government policy documents and stakeholder communications. Not formal education channels.
Impressive. Did someone in your previous job look out for you? Did you have a mentor?
> False modesty wasn’t my intention, I’ll do better to explain myself next time. I didn’t mean to address any view of my own competence, more that I was able to build a successful career without going through conventional channels, and with an anxiety disorder. I was by all accounts, a drop out with mental health problems.
I was being ironic about the false modesty, wondering whether you know you're good and whether you know that you know you're good.
Unaccustomed as I am to spurning sage advice on never giving unsolicited advice, allow me to make the once-in-a-lifetime exception by suggesting that you keep posting your writing here on HN.
Clearly, your article didn't manage the page views it deserves for reasons you must find out. If you scrutinize what hauls in the eyeballs here you'll discern the sovereign narratives that rule the readership.
False modesty wasn’t my intention, I’ll do better to explain myself next time. I didn’t mean to address any view of my own competence, more that I was able to build a successful career without going through conventional channels, and with an anxiety disorder. I was by all accounts, a drop out with mental health problems.
My writing skills come from a career in writing government policy documents and stakeholder communications. Not formal education channels.