Hi everyone, I'm Sarah Ennett (aka Ariel) from the Isle of Man.
I would describe myself as mid way through a very squiggly career. Most of it in Telecommunications, but in very different business areas including launching an ISP as part of a tiny team on a tiny Island (so ended up doing pretty much every role (webmaster, tech support, installations, sales, product development and so much more)). I then moved to be Product Manager for fixed and mobile data propositions launching everything from ADSL broadband through to mobile packet data (GPRS) which then evolved into 3G (we were one of the first in the world for 3G it was exciting to be a part of!). I then became head of retail operations, running initially a small popup style mobile phone store to coincide with the launch of BlackBerry where we wanted to offer a very bespoke and skilled and customer service heavy experience, which we were successful in! I then moved to launch and run a B2B service selling Internet of Things solutions to systems integrators - our service doubled revenue year on year for the time I was responsible for it. I then jumped to a Government role nearly 4 years ago and am currently still assessing whether can affect more change from within Govt as a civil servant, or perhaps as a politician, or if I'd be better to put more of my energy into launching my own business.
Staring down the barrel of turning 50 in a year and a half, and on the back of a very upsetting near burnout work situation, I have been on a much more targeted and energetic quest of self discovery.
My key side project and vehicle for learning, is my fascination with the Japanese concept of IKIGAI, and I started writing a substack and doing some related research and reading last September.
I am motivated to find a better career for myself both to do more good in the world, but also to have more control over my own physical and emotional health.
I discovered 80000hours.org only recently and am just working through the book and related articles, hence finding this resource.
I love the concept of effective altruism, and will definitely be spending more intentional time on the 80000hours site and this forum, to learn as much as I can and forge a new path!
Hi everyone, I'm Sarah Ennett (aka Ariel) from the Isle of Man.
I would describe myself as mid way through a very squiggly career. Most of it in Telecommunications, but in very different business areas including launching an ISP as part of a tiny team on a tiny Island (so ended up doing pretty much every role (webmaster, tech support, installations, sales, product development and so much more)). I then moved to be Product Manager for fixed and mobile data propositions launching everything from ADSL broadband through to mobile packet data (GPRS) which then evolved into 3G (we were one of the first in the world for 3G it was exciting to be a part of!). I then became head of retail operations, running initially a small popup style mobile phone store to coincide with the launch of BlackBerry where we wanted to offer a very bespoke and skilled and customer service heavy experience, which we were successful in! I then moved to launch and run a B2B service selling Internet of Things solutions to systems integrators - our service doubled revenue year on year for the time I was responsible for it. I then jumped to a Government role nearly 4 years ago and am currently still assessing whether can affect more change from within Govt as a civil servant, or perhaps as a politician, or if I'd be better to put more of my energy into launching my own business.
Staring down the barrel of turning 50 in a year and a half, and on the back of a very upsetting near burnout work situation, I have been on a much more targeted and energetic quest of self discovery.
My key side project and vehicle for learning, is my fascination with the Japanese concept of IKIGAI, and I started writing a substack and doing some related research and reading last September.
I am motivated to find a better career for myself both to do more good in the world, but also to have more control over my own physical and emotional health.
I discovered 80000hours.org only recently and am just working through the book and related articles, hence finding this resource.
I love the concept of effective altruism, and will definitely be spending more intentional time on the 80000hours site and this forum, to learn as much as I can and forge a new path!
Look forward to learning, sharing and connecting!
Sarah xxx