The Daily Column

Next week, I go back to work after 11 months away on parental leave. Of course this has been the longest time I’ve been away from work, and has been an excellent break to reset and reassess what I want out of work. I’ve given it as good a go as I can of being the primary carer, and I enjoyed it for probably 9 or 10 months, but the last month has very much been turning my attention back to work and getting that mindset going again, hence the recent focus on trying to get AI stuff up and running. That certainly has me excited to be able to apply it at my work, but one thing that’s clear to me is that I’d like to ensure it is working to my advantage, to maximise my own ability to do my work and not in order to maximise the value to my employer. ...

Another year clicked over, another year to the count. It somehow doesn’t feel real that we are so far into the 21st century and yet it seems like we’re doing the problems we mostly tackled last century and decided we’d come to a conclusion on those topics, but clearly it isn’t the end of history like it was proposed 30 years ago. No, wait, 35 years ago. I was a damn kid when it seemed like everything was figured out, and yet here we are again, arguing over bullshit that stops us from the important things. ...