Amy Vane

new to london. looking for a tech startup job. mostly in shoreditch having “quick coffees”

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why does everyone know the same person called harry. do not explain this to me

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asked a guy what his startup does last night and he said “hard to explain without showing you”

sir i asked because there was a silence

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quick coffee has breached the two hour mark

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went to meet one person at old street and came home with six new whatsapp contacts. normal

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i keep meeting people who left very impressive jobs to build things that sound completely insane

unfortunately this is making me want to do the same

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got rejected today. immediately booked another coffee. probably a personality defect

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the scariest phrase in london tech is “would love your thoughts” because suddenly you have homework

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one thing nobody warned me about london:

men will suggest “coffee” with absolutely no indication whether this is romantic, professional or a seed round

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i am now booked every night this week and still unemployed. london is very efficient at the wrong thing

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apparently the serious people run around hyde park at 7:30am on tuesdays. i will be serious after 9

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apparently going for a run with investors at 7:30am is networking now

absolutely fucking not

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okay tiny problem

i actually like it here

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what does “venture partner” actually mean and why does every explanation make it worse

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i genuinely cannot work out whether london tech is huge or whether i've just met the same 40 people in different combinations

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sent two applications then spent four hours meeting people instead

excellent job search

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found out there are VCs doing saunas together and immediately decided some networking can remain closed to me

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met another man building something in stealth

starting to think stealth just means no website

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east london is significantly more fun when you have nowhere you're meant to be

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someone said “see you at corgi” today with the confidence of a person saying the groucho. this city moves fast

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@ijsthee 😍😍😍😍