My Way :)
I did many things:
- First computer: Sinclair Spectrum 48k (1985)
- Started as a systems software engineer on IBM/370 mainframe computers (1987)
- Work with Social Security Administration
- Then moved to embedded military systems (1990)
- First saw the internet at Oxford University (1991)
- Then did some videogames (1991)
- Switched to IT/security business (1993)
- Moved on to big data - the term wasn’t coined till much later (1998)
- Worked as a political operative - our guy won, but then it all turned to crap soon afterwards (1999)
- Edited a science & technology magazine (2002)
- Dabbled in intellectual property rights (2005)
- A couple of failed startups (2006)
- Legal communications (2007)
- Spent time as a GR and Sustainability Director for a major food corp, helped sell it to PepsiCo (2008)
- Crisis manager, mostly IT and communications (2009-2011)
- Facilitated a big face recognition project in a major European airport - customs enforcement (2012)
- Then moved to crypto, helped launch a major Layer-1 blockchain (2017, 2019-2021)
Now I run a boutique software consultancy company, building niche security/communications solutions, fintech, blockchain stuff, and more.
My two side projects - art-tech and home-surveillance.