Detour Diaries
Dean StokesI left jobs in big tech to go it alone. Follow along as I navigate this detour into freelancing and entrepreneurship. I'll share tips, tricks and stories from my career so far to help you navigate the world of work.
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My detour is over...
In May 2024 I started my own business after leaving comfortable jobs at Google and Adobe. You can read more about my reasons in the original post.
This newsletter was named Detour Diaries to represent the idea that I didn’t know exactly wh...
My next experiment... Monetising YouTube
I've been uploading videos to YouTube for years. In the early days it was my friends and I messing around with things like putting an egg in a microwave (a surefire viral TikTok hit these days) or sharing a spontaneous trip to Dover (more i...
I don’t know what to say
Almost every day I think to myself that I must write another newsletter. And almost every day comes and goes without a new post. But not today, because there’s this one.
During these times I find myself wondering why a creative brain, capa...
2024 Wrapped: Dean Edition
In May this year I created Dean Stokes Ltd - my new venture focused on doing whatever kind of work I was drawn to.
So, 7 months in, what have I achieved?
Firstly, I wrote a newsletter every week for 10 weeks, then struggled to keep i...
Variety is the spice of life
I took a break from posting here for the past two months to focus on a few different projects and enjoy a little down time. As a result, I’ve been reflecting on the leap I made from a secure job in a corporate environment to setting up my o...
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