Today I celebrate 3 years at my current employment as Chief Design Officer at MOHARA. This is a significant milestone in my career as I have always been restless and not stayed permanently employed for very long before moving on to the next opportunity. I’ve always believed in progression and living life my way. To some this might be reckless, but I feel I’ve done alright so far regardless.
MOHARA has not been without it’s challenges, like any job where you’re not your own boss and have to answer to someone who pays you a salary. But mostly it’s been great. The people are kind and thoughtful, and especially talented.
I started working in the UK during Covid, where we were just dropping into the office from time-to-time. Working from my bedroom in a London apartment, I decided to visit our Bangkok office for a few months to get away from the cold English weather. I have not returned since and now call Thailand home. Working remotely from Bangkok apartment.
Given we have teams around the world, working remotely from here has not been a problem at all. Everyone in our company can work from where ever they like, so quite often people are travelling around the globe. I moved around a lot initially, but I’ve got a long term rental and consider myself local.
Tech affords us this opportunity to be global citizens, and the accommodating nature of our founders who have embraced this new way of working. I do miss having in person brainstorms and water cooler conversations. But being introverted, I quite enjoy the focus I get by less distractions working from home, while being able to converse with my team and colleagues over google meets.
We have a really great culture and employ the type of people who thrive in this new way of working. I’m grateful for the opportunity I have at MOHARA, thanks for giving me a reason to stick around and I look forward to many years working together.