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  • Changing Lanes: From IBM’s Corporate Ladder to Collecting Cars’ Startup Hustle

    Changing Lanes: From IBM’s Corporate Ladder to Collecting Cars’ Startup Hustle

    1 year ago, I left my 22 year IBM career to join a startup. Everything changed and nothing changed. I’ve learnt a lot about myself.

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  • Leaving IBM, and advice for early career IT professionals

    Leaving IBM, and advice for early career IT professionals

    This isn’t a post I thought I would be writing. After 22 years, I’m leaving IBM. I have loved my career and the people I worked with! I want to thank all my managers, mentors, coaches, leaders and teams. Without you and your support, I would not have had the opportunities I enjoyed at IBM.…

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  • The Pivot

    The Pivot

    Intro A new starter to the team asked me how and why I chose Node & React. It led to the below… The Pivot and POV In 2018 we released our latest and most significant Cognos Application. Next, my manager tasked me with leading the development of a cloud-native app. Our ‘New Tech’ Team was…

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  • Race of Remembrance, 2021: The Video

    Race of Remembrance, 2021: The Video

    In November 2021 I took part in the Race of Remembrance [RoR]. In a Mission Motorsport C1 donated by Bad Obsession Motorsport [BOM]: YouTubers and creators of the infamous Project Binky. To coincide with the announcement of the RoR 2022 dates, BOM released their video of our race. Please donate to this awesome cause: https://www.justgiving.com/mission-motorsport…

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  • Race of Remembrance, 2021

    Race of Remembrance, 2021

    Third time lucky! 2019’s Race of Remembrance [RoR] ended with a literal bang. Before my first stint, the owner of the car lost it into Rocket and crashed heavily into the marshal post. Thankfully, he walked away with only a broken shoulder. It was a BIG ONE! This led to a lot of comments along…

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  • Race three, round three: Third time lucky?

    Race three, round three: Third time lucky?

    Update: Northern Delboy & Rodney were actually Ben and Twigg from Vtec Direct Motorsport MSV EnduroKA – https://www.enduroka.co.uk/ Snetterton hosted round two of MSV’s EnduroKA series. The temptation of a 12-hour race competed with it being a long way to drive another unknown circuit. If others were keen it was on. A sense of ease was released…

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  • Second race, first fire, last place

    Second race, first fire, last place

    We came last, caught fire, had a blast, and can’t wait to race a KA again.

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  • My First Race

    Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Qualifying Part 3 – Race day & warm up Part 4 – My first race Croft in a C1 Max is having a good time, it’s his local circuit and the marshals and ‘crowd’ love him! There is no pressure, and if I were him I’d assume the…

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  • My First Race Day

    Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Qualifying Part 3 – Race day & warm up Part 4 – My first race Race Day Awake at 6ish (better than 5am) and started looking at Max’s lap vs. my laps again. We’re due at the circuit for 10:30ish and I head up for 10am to soak…

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  • My First Qualifying

    Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Qualifying Part 3 – Race day & warm up Part 4 – My first race Qualifying I meet Mark (Rich’s partner in crime) at the Amigo Motorsport setup, I can remember floating rather than walking to meet him. He can clearly see I’m a bundle of energy and…

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