New information paradigms
I had a long summer ahead of me before the late September start at the University of Nottingham. There was no way I was going to spend it collecting trolleys at Sainsbury’s. I wanted a proper job. I thought about going to work with Paul and Brendan at Fubra, but they were not in a position to pay a salary and I needed to save up some money for university.
I picked up the Local Thompson business directory and took down the details of computing companies in my home village, Crowthorne. I drafted a CV and posted it to the seven or so companies I found.
A company called New Information Paradigms replied and invited me to their office for an interview. They offered me a job for the summer and I ended up returning to work for them for all of my Easter and summer holidays for the next three years. The initiative I showed started their student placement scheme.
(Written January 1st 2009. Republished from Tim's personal blog on startups & small businesses)
