Behind the Build
Mikayla AfolabiExploring the invisible systems that shape the companies, careers and communities we build.
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Why Do We Treat Hard Work Like Proof of Worth?
“How are you?”
“So busy.”
It’s a conversation I’m sure most of us have had at work, or said while catching up with friends. I might have even said it yesterday when talking to a colleague.
But consider this scenario: two people do the s...
Forget Job Security. Build Career Security Instead.
Things have changed.
We were taught to prioritise job security above all else. Find a good employer, climb the ladder, get rewarded with salary increases and grow a healthy pension.
“Build experience, and you’ll always be secure.“
But t...
I Closed My Six Figure Business. Now I’m Starting Smaller.
Last year, I wound down my six figure business.
I designed and automated the back-office for highly ambitious startups. In the ways we measure success, it was doing genuinely well. We were growing, customers were recommending us and it wa...
What Happens When AI Removes the Work That Taught Us How to Work?
My first graduate role was as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, a strategy consultancy. As a working class student, and the first in my family to go to university, I really had no idea what to expect, and no one to prepare me. It e...
On Taste, Power and the Algorithm
If your Substack algorithm is anything like mine, you’ll know that we’re all currently talking about taste. The ability to create content, code and visuals is easier than ever, and so the scarcity has moved towards taste: deciding what’s wo...
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I’ve spent my career searching for a better way to work. Now I’m experimenting with how to build an ambitious life that feels good to live. I write about ambition, changing work, capability and building a big and beautiful life.
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